Is Medicare Part of the Problem? - Michael Cannon

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/17/Where_Does_Delivery-System_Reform_Fit

Michael Cannon argues that additional public policy will hurt the quality of American health care. He explains that the two main health care models - prepaid and fee-for-service - only work when they compete without government preference.

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The rising cost of health care is not the only problem crying out for reform. Health care quality in America falls far short of what it could be. How will reform affect the way clinicians practice medicine and the quality of care patients receive? - Cato Institute

Michael F. Cannon is the Cato Institute's director of health policy studies. Previously, he served as a domestic policy analyst at the U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee under Senator Larry E. Craig (R-ID), where he advised the Senate leadership on health, education, labor, welfare, and Second Amendment policy.

In addition, Cannon has worked as a health care policy analyst for Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation in Washington, D.C. Cannon has appeared on CNN, CNBC, C-SPAN, Fox News Channel, and NPR. His articles have been featured in USA Today, the New York Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle. Most recently, Cannon coauthored the book Healthy Competition: What's Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It.

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[JennyFarlopez]

European countries spend much less in healthcare than the US, yet they provide a better and universal service.

Isn't that idiot aware of that? Or is he just trying to convince others to work for HIS interests?

I don't understand that obsession with the free market, as if every single human problem could be solved by letting ultra-rich companies exploit the system as they want.

Isn't one financial crisis enough for those retards?

[mrwhite692000]

Wow, this guy should have really rehearsed his talk. Maybe if he did that he'd understand how stupid and incomprehensible it is. Utter white noise and complete arse gravy.

[Jai666666666]

Medical procedure for obesity: Put carcass on metal table,and with large knives..., proceed to cut off large slabs of fat off the carcass and cut your way towards the stomach. Then, as the slabs of fat are removed, fold the stomach membrane in two and staple. Fold back the remains of the meat back into place and sow. Voila! let the cadaver sit in place for several weeks and continue basing with fresh blood until it begins to move.

[Anjimom]

Being OVERCHARGED for nurses and doctors who do NOTHING, might be part of the problem.

I'd just assume go to a Shaman or a army medic for healthcare. At least I'd know what I was paying for.

[Mastikator]

Thanks.

[stengevarsel]

That's a good point.

[Mastikator]

Life expectancy of cancer struck people, and people struck by other diseases.

Statistics that aren't tainted by a million other variables.

I mean really, do you have any idea of how unscientific it is to just look at one set of statistics that is affected by a longer list of variables than the list of produced results, and blame the whole thing on ONE singular variable.

And then the left go around thinking only they understand science. Fucking obnoxious.

[stengevarsel]

I was referring to your statement: "Life expectancy is really not the statistic you should look at since it's heaily affected by many other factors, like violent crime."

And what do you think is the best way of looking at it, because the only other arguments that comes up these days are the "death panels", and the "decrease in freedom".

[Mastikator]

ಠ_ಠ

I'm not trying to justify high murder rates, high imprisonment rates ect. I'm saying those are just as important factors as health care. You can't just look at some random numbers and conclude forever and ever that state controlled health care is a magical unicorn that will save everybody and solve every problem.

[UncommonThinker]

Have you ever been shot?

That's a honest question. American's get shot more than people of other countries which has a negative affect on our life spans.  We're also fatter and smoke more. Our life span is not a medical failure. Its a lifestyle and criminal justice failure.

[stengevarsel]

And to Mastikator, I agree that other factors need to be taken into account, but bringing up other flaws in the American systems is hardly an argument for continuing along the same line. The US has the most crime, highest murder rate, highest prison population per capita and lowest life expectancy of any other western nation. A simple Google search will confirm this. How do you justify that?

[stengevarsel]

Even if your mother was murdered by the Swedish health care gestapo it wouldn't make a difference. Universal healthcare systems have the highest life expectancies.

And please do explain your stupid point further. What, she waited five monts for a doctors appointment? Or did you cloak your argument so it would be interpreted by Repiblicans as proof? You are a shame for Scandinavia.