In an article written by Jason Kane for PBS News Hour, he states that the United States spends $8,233 per person on health care annually.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/health-costs-how-the-us-compares-with-other-countries/
“According to the CMS (Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Spending), the average American spent $9,596 on healthcare last year, up significantly from $7,700 in 2007. Healthcare spending per person is expected to surpass $10,000 in 2016 and then march steadily higher to
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$14,944 in 2023.” http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/03/15/the-average-american-spends-this-much-on-healthcar.aspx
Compare this with American incomes: the Federal Reserve Economic Data website states that in 2015, median personal income in America was observed at $30,240 and mean personal income was at $44,510.
Median Income: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEPAINUSA672N
Mean Income: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MAPAINUSA672N
Affordable Care Act
ACA Pros: http://www.aarp.org/health/health-insurance/info-08-2013/affordable-care-act-health-benefits.html
Benefits of ACA: http://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2016/11/23/13719388/obamacare-health-insurance-repeal-trump
ACA CONS: Taxation as a punishment for not signing up, rising costs of insurance premiums, high deductibles from $10k – $50k.
ACA for CA state in 2017: Rising costs of insurance premiums and medical insurance in CA state: “But as Californians receive their premium rates for next year, some — including those who make too much to qualify for those government subsidies — are learning their hikes will be far higher than the average statewide increase of 13.2% announced by the state insurance exchange in July.” http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-covered-california-premiums-20161026-story.html
ACA for WA State 2017: Rising costs of insurance premiums and medical insurance in WA state: http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/health-insurance-premiums-rise-here-in-state-but-not-as-high-as-elsewhere/
Professor Peter C Gøtzsche graduated as a Master of Science in biology and chemistry in 1974 and as a physician in 1984. He is a specialist in internal medicine; worked with clinical trials and regulatory affairs in the drug industry 1975-1983, and at hospitals in Copenhagen 1984-95. With about 80 others, he helped start The Cochrane Collaboration in 1993 with the founder, Sir Iain Chalmers, and established The Nordic Cochrane Centre the same year. He became professor of Clinical Research Design and Analysis in 2010 at the University of Copenhagen.
Peter has published more than 70 papers in “the big five” (BMJ, Lancet, JAMA, Ann Intern Med and N Engl J Med) and his scientific works have been cited over 15,000 times. Peter has also authored 3 other books.
“Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime” written in 2013 by Professor Peter C Gøtzsche.
“Mammography: Truth, Lies and Controversy” by Peter C Gøtzsche.
“And screening has not reduced the number of advanced cancers, 3 which is a prerequisite for screening to work. In Denmark, the overdiagnosis was 33% after 17 years with screening, 4 in good agreement with the 30% estimate from the trials.”
http://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(12)61216-1.pdf
Dr. Atul Gawande’s TED Talk from March 2012:
https://www.ted.com/talks/atul_gawande_how_do_we_heal_medicine?language=en
The Atlantic, November 29th, 2016. In the article it describes Cuba’s healthcare system, which costs 1/10th of what America’s costs and achieves higher life expectancy as America. http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/11/cuba-health/508859/
Open-ended question: Should we have to continue to pay for true healthcare out of our pockets and savings? Is healthcare a human right?
Other Resources:
NPR – “How do pharmaceutical companies establish drug prices”
http://www.npr.org/2016/02/05/465748256/how-do-pharmaceutical-companies-establish-drug-prices
Only 13% of all orthodox medicine has been proven to have benefit AND another 23% is shown to have likely benefit:
http://www.dcscience.net/garrow-evidence-bmj.pdf
Stats on people with Diabetes in USA — CDC says 30 million diagnosed in 2017:
https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pdfs/data/statistics/national-diabetes-statistics-report.pdf
This is equal to just over the population of Texas and around 85% of the population of Canada.
Prices getting spiked
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/whats-behind-skyrocketing-insulin-prices/
http://www.wsj.com/articles/mylan-faces-scrutiny-over-epipen-price-increases-1472074823
http://www.businessinsider.com/epipen-cost-increase-healthcare-insurance-2016-8
Life Expectancy Drops in the USA for unknown reasons according to NPR:
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/12/08/504667607/life-expectancy-in-u-s-drops-for-first-time-in-decades-report-finds
Generic Medications FAQ from the FDA Link:
https://www.fda.gov/drugs/resourcesforyou/consumers/buyingusingmedicinesafely/understandinggenericdrugs/ucm167991.htm
