08-16-2016, 08:50 AM
(08-16-2016, 01:25 AM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: So he didn't plan and invest enough for his future.
The medical bills are from companies trying to make a profit. The insurance companies aren't covering all his bills because they are trying to make a profit. The pharmaceutical companies are overcharging for his medicines because they are trying to make a profit. The insurance companies negotiate reduced rates from drug companies and in turn the drug companies get a more favorable tier to reduce their competitors in order to make a profit. The insurance companies hire administrative personnel to reduce or delay reimbursement to the medical providers in order to increase profits. The medical providers hire billers and coders to increase reimbursement. The big medical centers negotiate with the health insurance companies for better reimbursement rates, the insurance companies agreed if the medical center agrees to not accept policies from a competitor so they increase profits. The insurance companies do the same but in reverse; the insurance company promises the med center other providers will be out of network so they will have a higher volume of patients if the med center will reduce their charges in order to increase profits.
I guess none of that is related to capitalists and capitalism?
No the way it works now, the medical/insurance/pharm industries practice very little in the way of real capitalism. They are so deeply ingrained with the government and their scam that you simply cannot call it capitalism, at all. If you read some Adam Smith, you'll see what I'm saying. This is not how a real capitalist system is supposed to work. But our government is NOT on our side man, they are all trying to get rich and very much succeeding at it. They are doing it with cronyism and selling it as capitalism. They WANT more socialism, big time! Most of the bad republicans want the same thing as the democrats. More power, money and control. How do they get it? By getting people to accept socialism lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z168rutL2S4 --listen to the comment made right at the 3:29 mark. This is pure truth, and a very big part of why things are getting out of hand.
