Health care spending growth is expected to outpace that of the gross domestic product (GDP) during the coming decade, resulting in a health share of GDP that reaches 19.7 percent by 2032 (up from 17.3 percent in 2022). National health expenditures are projected to have grown 7.5 percent in 2023, when the COVID-19 public health emergency ended. This reflects broad increases in the use of health care, which is associated with an estimated 93.1 percent of the population being insured that year… [end quote]
This article is a detailed analysis of the source of payments for health care as the effects of the Covid pandemic policies phase out. Medicare will be a growing source of payments as the population ages. Profitability of health care providers of goods and services will depend upon current and future controls on reimbursement.
What more proof do you needs that the Healthcare Industrial Complex is out of control.
It has pretty much been established that eating right reverses the Insulin Resistance pandemic (without the need for medication) which also shows that the AgroIndustrial Food Complex is also out of control.
Two MacroEconomic problems the world faces.
The Captain
PS: Edit to add…
The Medical Industry’s Dirty Secret: Low-Carb Diets That Work with Dr. Sue Wolver
Same thing with DoD procurement. The Constellation class frigate program is going the same way as every other procurement program of the last several decades: massive delays, massive cost overruns.
The thing about health care, several countries have shown how to provide good care, at far lower cost, than the USian system. Those other solutions are rejected on ideological, not economic grounds, as “COMMUNISM!!!”
Eating right plus exercise would help reverse the insulin resistance pandemic (plus much of cancer, cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer’s disease) … but that would require individual effort and self-control.
Wendy
I added a video. The problem is institutional, chasing the almighty dollar at the expense of We the People. It’s built into medical guidelines, food guidelines, labeling guidelines.
An interesting phenomenon is that many doctors, looking themselves in the mirror, realize that there is an institutional problem. Help spread the word!
When we get sick we go to the doctor but what if the doctor does not give the best advice? Every certified profession has guidelines some of which might be wrong. Trusting (blindly) in science is religion. Religion is eternal truth. Science is falsifiable.
My doctor had the right idea, “Steak and Salad,” but that was not enough. He had to continue prescribing drugs that kept me going. I had to break out from the accepted pattern and I only managed that after my most trusted doctor retired. I was also retired and had more time to take care of my health.
Here is another doctor explaining why it is so hard to change medical certification. It is an institutional problem that individual effort and self-control can not fix by itself. The problem needs an institutional fix! The real difficulty is that Real Food would hurt the economy bankrupting the pharma industry while disrupting the AgroIndustrial Food Complex.
In this eye-opening interview, Dr. Eric Westman sits down with Dr. Mariela Glandt to discuss the revolutionary approach to diabetes management that Big Pharma doesn’t want you to know about. Dr. Glandt, a traditionally trained endocrinologist, reveals how she transitioned from prescribing medication to advocating for lifestyle changes and the ketogenic diet. at time 4:55
How many other scapegoats can you find? You changed your life by simply taking control. You should assume others have the same ability.
Doctors, the health establishment, the federal government are all telling people to eat less red meat, less processed carbs, more fresh fruits/vegetables, and get more exercise. Most Americans just simply refuse to do it. Coca Cola, chips, fast foods, and pizza are just too important. Exercise is just too tiring and sweaty. Lazy Boys are just too comfortable.
The simple fact is both obvious and painful and woefully politically incorrect. But it is still a fact. If you have a disease like diabetes, joint ailments, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, etc that is caused by lifestyle choices then it is your fault. No one else is involved in the equation.
Replacing a donut with an apple is not rocket science.
Unless the donut lobby has bought the Fox Noise blowhards. I remember the “outrage” on Fixed News when California banned soda pop machines in public schools.
If all Americans ate better and exercised regularly, it’s true that health care costs might come down, but it’s not a certainty.
As long as we live in a for-profit healthcare atmosphere, companies will find new and exciting ways to squeeze money out of us. Profits have to keep going up, up, and up!
This is one of those cases where CA schools were not preventing kids drinking soda. The schools were not aiding and abetting kids drinking soda, by making soda readily available. An analog would be the difference between banning assault rifles across the state, vs selling assault rifles, cheap, on street corner stands, to anyone, with no documentation.
I appreciate the clarification - maybe we shouldn’t label it as a liberal knee-jerk reaction. As you astutely pointed out, this happens throughout the political spectrum. Except for maybe John Locke Loving Libertarians (JLLLs). There aren’t many of those around these days.
Back to the matter at hand. Kids are ignorant. They aren’t always aware of the health risks, especially if their parents are BFSGSs. We don’t let them buy cigarettes, alcohol, guns…we don’t let them get tattoos. Maybe we shouldn’t let them buy other things that are really bad for their health. If they want those things, their parents can always get it for them.
I think it is absurd to compare the dangers of assault rifles with soda or the addictive qualities of nicotine with Big Macs.
The Coca Cola company started selling carbonated sugar water at about 1900. McDonalds opened its first restaurant in 1940.
The American obesity epidemic began at about 1980, moving from 15% of the population to about 30% by 2000 to 42% today. The first IBM personal computer was sold in 1981. AOL began offering internet service at about 1990. Facebook was launched in 2004.
Again, none of this is rocket science. Soda and fast foods are not good for you, but they didn’t start the obesity problem in America. Neither did the American food industry or the USDA or the medical establishment or aliens from space. Far better evidence for a change in lifestyle due to technology being the cause.
When it comes to weight gain, I see four choices for the modern American. Either…
Reduce time spent on electronic entertainment and go outside and move more.
Be much more selective in what and how much you eat to compensate for the reduced exercise brought about by cable, streaming, and the internet.
Take appetite suppressing drugs for life.
Be fat.
Be accountable. Choose how you want to live your life. Stop blaming everyone else for what you yourself can control.
The American diet in the 1960s was horrendous. Wonder bread, Twinkies, canned meats, TV dinners and fast foods. It was the Pepsi Generation, Coke was it unless you were a Pepper or preferred the UnCola. Yet the American obesity rate was about a third of what it is today.
My point was the difference between an outright ban, and not aiding and abetting an undesirable behavior with easy access. A distinction that seemed to have escaped the Fox Noise blowhards.
But here is a video by a medical doctor who addresses the issue gut on.
‘Paddock to Plate: A tale of disconnect’
Dr. Pran Yoganathan graduated in medicine from the University of Otago in New Zealand. His training in internal medicine was undertaken in the Westmead Public Hospital. His Advanced training in Gastroenterology was completed in major teaching hospitals in Sydney.
Dr. Yoganathan has a strong interest in the field of human nutrition. He practices an approach to healthcare that assesses the lifestyle of the patient to see how it impacts on their gastrointestinal and metabolic health. Dr. Yoganathan believes that the current day nutritional guidelines may not be based on perfect evidence and he passionately strives to provide the most up to date literature in healthcare and science to provide “Evidence-Based Medicine”. He Is a strong motivator and aims to empower his patients to embark on a journey of self-healing using the philosophy of “let food be thy medicine”.
