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[quote=Anonymous]A big part of the problem, is we have healthcare spending priorities BACKWARDS in this country. We spend huge huge amounts on (often futile) end of life care, while shorting the young.

High deductibles are a huge factor in this. We are UMC and I can tell you that we are waiting MUCH longer to go to the doctor (including the kids), and going less often due to high deductibles. We really have to be careful. I cannot even imagine how much worse these choices are for the true middle class or lower middle class. Clearly high deductibles are there to discourage use and lower premiums, and someone has done the math on this but what real sense does this make!?!? You have a 80-something year old costing massive massive amounts of $$ for treatment that is quite often, completely futile- while thousands of middle class people including kids have to scrimp and hem and haw (should I go? Or shouldn’t I) over seeing a doctor for very basic illness. People are spending so much in healthcare that they can’t afford to actually see the doctor. I’d have to think that this goes sideways often- easily treated illnesses become more serious and costly.  How on earth does this make any sense??!!

IMHO these ridiculously high deductibles should be illegal. And we need to talk about limiting:reducing costs on end of life care. But “death panels”! These people are sucking up tons and tons and tons of $ snd resources while their children and grandchildren are forced to delay or go without basic treatments and medications. And I doubt many of them would even want that!! We need to have serious conversations about these things in America.

But: it won’t happen. [/quote]

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