Comments on: The Health Care Bubble and American Economic Priorities http://www.welmer.org/2009/07/15/the-health-care-bubble-and-american-economic-priorities/ Exploring the East, Revisiting the West Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:44:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: anonymous http://www.welmer.org/2009/07/15/the-health-care-bubble-and-american-economic-priorities/comment-page-1/#comment-3251 anonymous Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:18:33 +0000 http://www.welmer.org/?p=359#comment-3251 i'ts irregardless of children. Until age 45, expenditures on women exceed expenditures of men. after age 45 the expenditures on each gender is equal. i’ts irregardless of children.
Until age 45, expenditures on women exceed expenditures of men. after age 45 the expenditures on each gender is equal.

]]> By: Welmer http://www.welmer.org/2009/07/15/the-health-care-bubble-and-american-economic-priorities/comment-page-1/#comment-3236 Welmer Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:36:27 +0000 http://www.welmer.org/?p=359#comment-3236 <blockquote>anonymous // Jul 15, 2009 at 2:03 pm I anticipated you’d point out that until age 45, women consume more heath care than men ; after that point, they run equal.</blockquote> Hmm, does that include childless women?

anonymous // Jul 15, 2009 at 2:03 pm

I anticipated you’d point out that until age 45, women consume more heath care than men ; after that point, they run equal.

Hmm, does that include childless women?

]]> By: Kevin K http://www.welmer.org/2009/07/15/the-health-care-bubble-and-american-economic-priorities/comment-page-1/#comment-3229 Kevin K Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:17:31 +0000 http://www.welmer.org/?p=359#comment-3229 I work in health care (radiation oncology) and in my field, which at the moment is a huge cash cow for hospitals and doctors, we are planning for reduced reimbursements in the near future. People are already adjusting staffing and slowing the pipeline of radiation oncologists and clinic building. It would probably save a lot of money if we stopped doing medical research for 10 years or so, or at least cut it significantly. Its no surprise that spending on health care has gone up following huge investments in NIH and NSF for medical research. Research = more complicated medicine = more expensive medicine. I work in health care (radiation oncology) and in my field, which at the moment is a huge cash cow for hospitals and doctors, we are planning for reduced reimbursements in the near future. People are already adjusting staffing and slowing the pipeline of radiation oncologists and clinic building.

It would probably save a lot of money if we stopped doing medical research for 10 years or so, or at least cut it significantly. Its no surprise that spending on health care has gone up following huge investments in NIH and NSF for medical research. Research = more complicated medicine = more expensive medicine.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.welmer.org/2009/07/15/the-health-care-bubble-and-american-economic-priorities/comment-page-1/#comment-3226 anonymous Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:03:20 +0000 http://www.welmer.org/?p=359#comment-3226 I anticipated you'd point out that until age 45, women consume more heath care than men ; after that point, they run equal. I anticipated you’d point out that until age 45, women consume more heath care than men ; after that point, they run equal.

]]> By: Welmer http://www.welmer.org/2009/07/15/the-health-care-bubble-and-american-economic-priorities/comment-page-1/#comment-3223 Welmer Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:17:40 +0000 http://www.welmer.org/?p=359#comment-3223 Yeah, SS, health care and all will eat us alive, I'm afraid. It seems to me that we are facing a real, permanent economic decline (that started, in retrospect, sometime around the turn of the century), and these bubbles are just quick fixes to allow the rich to keep pulling money out of the system. Could carbon credits be the next bubble? I think they are a huge scam, but people are already jumping on the bandwagon... Yeah, SS, health care and all will eat us alive, I’m afraid.

It seems to me that we are facing a real, permanent economic decline (that started, in retrospect, sometime around the turn of the century), and these bubbles are just quick fixes to allow the rich to keep pulling money out of the system.

Could carbon credits be the next bubble? I think they are a huge scam, but people are already jumping on the bandwagon…

]]> By: Lukobe http://www.welmer.org/2009/07/15/the-health-care-bubble-and-american-economic-priorities/comment-page-1/#comment-3222 Lukobe Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:47:34 +0000 http://www.welmer.org/?p=359#comment-3222 GREAT link to George Lundberg's piece. BTW, "Younger, productive Americans pay a significant amount of taxes and insurance to pay for a bloated geriatric care industry"--sounds like the current Social Security situation..? GREAT link to George Lundberg’s piece.

BTW, “Younger, productive Americans pay a significant amount of taxes and insurance to pay for a bloated geriatric care industry”–sounds like the current Social Security situation..?

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