tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16939453.post8675502879035889649..comments2023-06-22T08:09:31.657-06:00Comments on J Alan Erwine's Blog: Healthcare in the 21st centuryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16939453.post-20342045826474271162014-02-25T12:02:21.557-07:002014-02-25T12:02:21.557-07:00I think this is a problem that took time to happen...I think this is a problem that took time to happen. It wasn't only the insurance companies but the legal threats that kept feeding off each other. The 3M+ lawsuits caused insurance companies to pay more which caused them to increase premiums which means that doctors/hospitals needed to charge more which means that patient's insurance companies had to pay more which caused them to fight back by capping things (or raising insurance premiums for patients) which then rolled all the way back into the legal fees again (among other things).<br /><br />Couple in the crippling expensive of getting a MD (which is expensive because everything else is so high) and the pinball scoring just builds off each other.<br /><br />It isn't cost effective to be a general practitioner anymore. Which is frustrating because that is what encourages young ones to be doctors, nurses, and the like.<br /><br />And then, twenty years down the line... you have empty halls and overworked everyone.<br /><br />SMWM was in school to be a registered nurse and I got to see a lot of it. She was so happy when she got a $0.02/hour raise after six months. And that was a "big" one according to the hospital.<br /><br />But, beyond that rant, glad that things mostly went for your little one. I know how scary it can be... vaguely, it's been quite a few years since I was a kid in a hospital. :)D. Moonfirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18331660237407942890noreply@blogger.com