Comments on: My Personal Tale of Healthcare Insurance http://6ampacific.com/2010/03/19/my-personal-tale-of-healthcare-insurance/ Meandering Musings on Globalization Wed, 09 May 2012 17:39:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Maneesh http://6ampacific.com/2010/03/19/my-personal-tale-of-healthcare-insurance/comment-page-1/#comment-17384 Maneesh Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:50:28 +0000 http://6ampacific.com/?p=762#comment-17384 An interesting report on NPR today raising doubts on the value of prostate cancer tests and surgeries. The fun byte starts at 04:30 <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=1911358&m=1912158" target="_blank">http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.h...</a> An interesting report on NPR today raising doubts on the value of prostate cancer tests and surgeries. The fun byte starts at 04:30

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]]> By: papa-jones http://6ampacific.com/2010/03/19/my-personal-tale-of-healthcare-insurance/comment-page-1/#comment-17380 papa-jones Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:29:13 +0000 http://6ampacific.com/?p=762#comment-17380 I totally agree with Maneesh and Chidanand , in India we call it sukh-rog or hypochondria .....thats the sole reason American health care system is totally screwed up and now they dont have any sense of direction to really call what is disease and what is not ?? If world follows American doctors I am sure the entire planet will fall sick wich thankfully is not happenning since people in rest of worl dont have money to subscribe to American health care beliefs .... To summarise all in few words I would say America was dream and Americans were living the American dream for past one century thanks to science and technology and a very few exceptional scientists /technocrats and leaders .....but since all dreams are bound to be broken this one too has broken and its time Americans wake up to the reality and start living like rest of the world .....they would have to change a lot of things to adjust but they will be happier and less Obese though that maynot look attractive :-)) I totally agree with Maneesh and Chidanand , in India we call it sukh-rog or hypochondria …..thats the sole reason American health care system is totally screwed up and now they dont have any sense of direction to really call what is disease and what is not ??

If world follows American doctors I am sure the entire planet will fall sick wich thankfully is not happenning since people in rest of worl dont have money to subscribe to American health care beliefs ….

To summarise all in few words I would say America was dream and Americans were living the American dream for past one century thanks to science and technology and a very few exceptional scientists /technocrats and leaders …..but since all dreams are bound to be broken this one too has broken and its time Americans wake up to the reality and start living like rest of the world …..they would have to change a lot of things to adjust but they will be happier and less Obese though that maynot look attractive :-) )

]]> By: Maneesh http://6ampacific.com/2010/03/19/my-personal-tale-of-healthcare-insurance/comment-page-1/#comment-17379 Maneesh Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:44:10 +0000 http://6ampacific.com/?p=762#comment-17379 We received a similar call few weeks back. Situation is outrageous! However, I don't believe that insurance companies jack up premiums to increase profits. It is done to compensate for the increasing costs incurred by the insured. So the question is - why is the healthcare cost increasing? Lots of valid reasons such as, top notch quality of care, capitalistic policies (pharma companies), oft abused legal system, and so on. Here is an interesting take by R Chidanand in TOI. "...Americans hate to suffer, much less die, and will go to any extent to be "happy" and prolong life in contrast to attitudes in India and many other developing countries..." A typical American has more healthcare needs than anyone else in the world. Just the mental healthcare is a huge cost. US consumes 70% of the global antidepressant sales. So if americans have a huge need to feel 'happy' and live 'long and pain-free' life than, then insurance premiums have to keep going higher and higer! We received a similar call few weeks back. Situation is outrageous!

However, I don't believe that insurance companies jack up premiums to increase profits. It is done to compensate for the increasing costs incurred by the insured. So the question is – why is the healthcare cost increasing?

Lots of valid reasons such as, top notch quality of care, capitalistic policies (pharma companies), oft abused legal system, and so on. Here is an interesting take by R Chidanand in TOI.

"…Americans hate to suffer, much less die, and will go to any extent to be "happy" and prolong life in contrast to attitudes in India and many other developing countries…"

A typical American has more healthcare needs than anyone else in the world. Just the mental healthcare is a huge cost. US consumes 70% of the global antidepressant sales.
So if americans have a huge need to feel 'happy' and live 'long and pain-free' life than, then insurance premiums have to keep going higher and higer!

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