Comments on: Will Heath Care Reform Actually Save Us Any Money? http://donklephant.com/2009/05/15/will-heath-care-reform-actually-save-us-any-money/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:53:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Booker Rising http://donklephant.com/2009/05/15/will-heath-care-reform-actually-save-us-any-money/comment-page-1/#comment-464649 Booker Rising Sun, 17 May 2009 02:36:08 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=14834#comment-464649 <strong>Will Health Care Reform Actually Save Us Any Money...</strong> Wonders Alan Stewart Carl, a moderate blogger, about proposed legislation: "David Brooks identifies a key problem with the health care reform legislation milling around Congress: it may not save us much money....ThereÂ’s worse things than a medium-siz... Will Health Care Reform Actually Save Us Any Money…

Wonders Alan Stewart Carl, a moderate blogger, about proposed legislation: “David Brooks identifies a key problem with the health care reform legislation milling around Congress: it may not save us much money….ThereÂ’s worse things than a medium-siz…

]]> By: Chris http://donklephant.com/2009/05/15/will-heath-care-reform-actually-save-us-any-money/comment-page-1/#comment-464495 Chris Sat, 16 May 2009 01:57:23 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=14834#comment-464495 No kidding, the system isn't going to change or cost less until it's complete deconstructed. No kidding, the system isn’t going to change or cost less until it’s complete deconstructed.

]]> By: John Burke http://donklephant.com/2009/05/15/will-heath-care-reform-actually-save-us-any-money/comment-page-1/#comment-464280 John Burke Fri, 15 May 2009 19:11:55 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=14834#comment-464280 Anyone who says that we can expand coverage to 45 or 50 million people who don't have it now (about 20% more people) and pay for it by reducing costs across the board is a fool or a liar. On top of that, it is certainly true that the major forces driving increased costs are fundamental: more people living longer; more people expecting and demanding a better quality of life even with serious illnesses or injuries; rapid developments in medical practice and technology that increase the numbers of people diagnosed with illness and open up expanded treatment possibilities. To be sure, there are ways to cut here and there but not so you can identify $100 billion a year and more. So expanded access will have to be gradual and accompanied by huge investments in expanding the numbers of health care practitioners and facilities or there will be rationing that Americans won't stand for (beginning with Americans who have seats in Congress). No magic, Anyone who says that we can expand coverage to 45 or 50 million people who don’t have it now (about 20% more people) and pay for it by reducing costs across the board is a fool or a liar. On top of that, it is certainly true that the major forces driving increased costs are fundamental: more people living longer; more people expecting and demanding a better quality of life even with serious illnesses or injuries; rapid developments in medical practice and technology that increase the numbers of people diagnosed with illness and open up expanded treatment possibilities.

To be sure, there are ways to cut here and there but not so you can identify $100 billion a year and more.

So expanded access will have to be gradual and accompanied by huge investments in expanding the numbers of health care practitioners and facilities or there will be rationing that Americans won’t stand for (beginning with Americans who have seats in Congress).

No magic,

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