captainjohann

Exploring the Exploding Costs of Education and Medical Services

A great point warren. Unfortunately the drug MNCs are trying to replicate same in third wotrld countires like India by bribinng the thirld world rulers and healthcare officials who long for a visit to USA . The WHO is another institution which has served the drug MNCs well. Its headquaeters should be shifted to Africa or bangladesh.


On Nov 09 04:31 PM pwarren wrote:

> Regarding healthcare costs, a major factor was not mentioned. The
> cost of malpractice insurance and the cost of deteriing litigation.
> All aspects of medical practice are influenced by the effect of lawsuit
> avoidance, Just ask any doctor or any hospital administrator. The
> application of technology and the use of drugs contains a major lawsuit
> avoidance factor. It is probably impossible to estimate these costs,
> but I would bet that healthcare costs today would be half the ongoing
> expense without all of the legal barriers to the delivery of effective
> healthcare. Think asbestos!