According to recent studies, only 11 per cent of our health is determined by medical care, with 21 per cent being determined by genetics and biology, 23 per cent by social circumstances and 38 per cent by individual behaviour. This indicates that much of the costs being absorbed by healthcare aren’t creating better outcomes for our health. So with higher premiums and taxes and lower wages, the benefits we’re receiving aren’t justified.
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With the Affordable
Care Act (ACA) looking to be replaced by Trump and Congress, they should perhaps
be focusing on what’s driving this excessive spending, such as comprehensive
health insurance. In doing this, Trump can then, to the best of his ability,
deliver what he promised: “great healthcare for much less money”. A great way we are saving money is by being
efficient and getting products made in bulk in warehouses with Injection
Moulding technology out of quality materials.
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Too Many Expenses
One of the major problems with the ACA is the fact that comprehensive
health insurance is a requirement. With few people being excluded from this,
all individual and employer market plans must meet a growing number of demands.
Not only that, but there are also huge administrative costs involved in this
too.
A lot of the people who gained coverage were included in the Medicaid program,
which offers many benefits. The expansion of this programme has created a lot
of additional expenses in healthcare, providing few benefits to many of its
enrollees. For example, the cost per enrollee is nearly 50% above the original
estimates, whilst Dartmouth, Harvard and MIT economists estimate that for each
$1 spent on their behalf in Medicaid, they receive just 20 to 40 cents’ worth.
Removal of the ACA
Because reduced choices, higher taxes and higher premiums, along with a
complicated individual insurance market, haven’t been justified by the ACA,
many believe that it should be repealed. Ideally, it should then be replaced by
something that reduces the pressure on prices whilst increasing the quality of
healthcare provided. This may provide more money for companies to hire a contract
research organization who can help develop innovative vaccines and medications.
Through the ACA, Medicaid and Medicare and employer-sponsored insurance tax
exclusions, the federal government is providing subsidies for comprehensive
health insurance worth over $1 trillion each year. These tend to be delivered
straight to hospitals or insurance companies. And financial outcomes would be
better if this was given straight to consumers and those producing medications.
