Some argue that healthcare is a consumer product best delivered by commercial providers in an open market. We have that now, and it’s always been like that. So, why are the results so pitifully poor?
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This chart doesn’t present the declining quality of life in the U.S. either. Rapid increases in chronic conditions like heart disease, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and hypertension are not only driving longevity down, but sentencing millions to painful and immobile later years. Our commercial health system delivers drugs to manage, but offers nothing to fix.
After World War II companies needed a way to lure workers into various companies and started using employee benefits as a way to influence their choice of a company to work for. Thus began this system of health insurance tied to employment. We are the ONLY country that has tied health care to employment. Many find they have to work longer or stay with a company not to their liking because they need the health insurance and cannot forfeit that benefit due to the high cost of individual medical insurance. We would be so much better with a single payer system that is NOT tied to employment.