Sorry we haven't posted this summer...things have been too hectic and we are basically lazy in the summer!! We will be back when Congress resumes sessions in September. Hopefully the Health Care Reform bill(s) are stalled until then.
It is amazing that in all of this talk about reducing health care costs that very few are talking about what is causing the cost increases....namely increases in technology (20 years ago a premature baby or a coronary heart patient would have died but now they can be saved, but someone has to pay for the technology) and the current insurance schemes which divorce cost from payment (for example, if it costs a $10 copay to take my feverish child in to the doctor, well then I will do it immediately, but if it costs $120 which is the likely actual cost, I may wait a few days to see if it is a virus or not). Not to mention defensive medicine...which is when doctors will order every test known to mankind to avoid being sued for overlooking something (no matter how unlikely).
Anyway, if you want to keep up to date on current events, we suggest instapundit.com and
realclearpolitics.com. See you in the fall!!
Scott and Barb
Thursday, July 23, 2009
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