Brad Buxton, President BTB Associates, Prof.Kathryn McDonald, Exec. Dir., Center for Health Policy, Stanford University and Michael Sachs, Chairman and CEO, Sg2 and Professor David Cutler, PhD, Harvard University, Department of Economics - “Will Health Reform Squeeze Out Altruism?” (click title to entry - thank you)
Literally, JCAHO, dictates the quality of USA healthcare. The quality isn't going anywhere. The cost has to be contained. Cost and quality are not the same thing. Just because million - billionaires believe quality dictates cost that is not the case. The healthcare profession in the USA is linked through long standing altruistic ETHICS to deliver care to patients. In the case of physicians it is commonly known as Hippocratic Oath, in nursing it is the pledge/theory. The idea quality of care is determined by cost is hideous. The quality lies within the practitioner and their professional standards.
- Ventilation and warming
- Light, Noise
- Cleanliness of rooms/walls
- Health of houses
- Bed and bedding
- Personal cleanliness
- Variety
- Chattering hopes and advices
- Taking food. What food?
- Petty management/observation
...Campaigning (click here) for a second day in Florida, where older voters and workers approaching retirement hold sway, Obama on Sunday was expected to highlight a study by a Democratic leaning group that concluded that on average a man or woman retiring at age 65 in 2023, would have to pay $59,500 more for health care over the length of their retirement under Romney's plan.
The numbers are even higher for younger Americans who retire later, the study found. A person who qualifies for Medicare n 2030 — today's 48-year-old — would see an increase of $124,600 in Medicare costs over their retirement period.
While Romney's changes to Medicare would affect future retirees, the study also said that Romney's plan to get rid of Obama's health care law could raise health care costs in retirement by $11,000 for the average person who is 65 years old today by reinstating limits on prescription drug coverage.
The study was conducted by David Cutler, a Harvard professor and health policy expert who served in the Clinton administration and was Obama's top health care adviser during the 2008 presidential campaign. Cutler conducted the study for the liberal Center for American Progress Action Fund....
