Comments on: The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care by T. R. Reid http://calitreview.com/4840 Book reviews, essays, and author interviews. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:39:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Bahram Saghari http://calitreview.com/4840/comment-page-1#comment-78580 Bahram Saghari Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:40:20 +0000 http://calitreview.com/?p=4840#comment-78580 Although Mr. Reid identifies the two problems with the American health care as 1. being fragmented, and 2. for profit insurance, to both of which I agree, he fails to identify the pivotal force, and the true culprits, namely the doctors themselves! Per American Medical Association, there are 1 million doctors in the US. Some make $150k/yr while others in excess of $900k, averaging $500k, per Mr. Reid. A basic math should reveal that out of our $2 trillion health care costs, $500 billion, i.e. half a trillion, goes to doctors alone! If we cut that in half, say a nice $250k/yr, still comfortably above American standard and average income, we can nicely cut the health care costs by what, $250billion, an easy 12.5% ArnoldCare was after only 5% operation reduction! As long as we treat these business people, our so called doctors, like gods, nothing will change in our health care - The doctors, pivotal, are also unfortunately the real culprits ... Regards, Bahram Saghari Although Mr. Reid identifies the two problems with the American health care as 1. being fragmented, and 2. for profit insurance, to both of which I agree, he fails to identify the pivotal force, and the true culprits, namely the doctors themselves!

Per American Medical Association, there are 1 million doctors in the US. Some make $150k/yr while others in excess of $900k, averaging $500k, per Mr. Reid.

A basic math should reveal that out of our $2 trillion health care costs, $500 billion, i.e. half a trillion, goes to doctors alone!

If we cut that in half, say a nice $250k/yr, still comfortably above American standard and average income, we can nicely cut the health care costs by what, $250billion, an easy 12.5%

ArnoldCare was after only 5% operation reduction!

As long as we treat these business people, our so called doctors, like gods, nothing will change in our health care – The doctors, pivotal, are also unfortunately the real culprits …

Regards,
Bahram Saghari

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