Politicians in Washington have been wrangling over healthcare and tax cuts since January 2017 (really, since 2009). They got a couple of things right. First, they realized that health spending amounts to an 18% excise tax on all economic activity; that’s how much of GDP we currently spend on healthcare. And that’s where real “tax … Continue reading Real Tax Reform: Cutting the Healthcare “Excise Tax”
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Segment 8 – Applying Our Values & Philosophy to Healthcare Reform
This segment reviews traditional American values and philosophical principles that can help resolve the core dilemma that has stopped us from fixing US healthcare for years – the unresolved conflict between “social justice” and “market justice.” In the first six Segments, we reviewed the relentless growth of healthcare spending. And how rising costs are literally … Continue reading Segment 8 – Applying Our Values & Philosophy to Healthcare Reform
Segment 6 – Why Healthcare Cost is a Problem
This segment reviews the impact of relentless increase of U.S. healthcare spending on the economy, politics and society. In Segment 4, we showed some statistics on relentlessly rising healthcare spending. And in Segment 5 we looked at the Perfect Storm -- how rising costs are literally built into the system as it is now. In … Continue reading Segment 6 – Why Healthcare Cost is a Problem
Segment 5 – Why Is U.S. Healthcare So Expensive?
This segment reviews the “Perfect Storm” of reasons for unrestrained increase of healthcare spending in the U.S. In Episode 4, we zeroed in on what I call the Real Problem with healthcare -- relentlessly rising costs. In this Episode, we will look at why the US spends so much on healthcare. As you can imagine, … Continue reading Segment 5 – Why Is U.S. Healthcare So Expensive?
Fixing U.S. Healthcare 