https://padlet.com/csavoca/4wrvmbkiykjxxa3l America is burdened with high costs, and the insurance company CEOs are making millions. en-us 2020-11-13 16:55:28 UTC 2020-11-22 23:39:13 UTC hello@padlet.com https://media0.giphy.com/media/sFMDqop2ku4M0/giphy.gif csavoca https://padlet.com/csavoca/4wrvmbkiykjxxa3l/wish/920985867 "Healthcare for a family covered by a large employer cost, on average, $22,885 last year. That's $2,000 more than the sticker price for a brand-new Volkswagen Beetle." Written by Drew Altman, Kaiser Family Foundation (August 23, 2019) https://www.axios.com/health-care-costs-insurance-premiums-deductibles-car-580fa6c8-0dd2-427b-8dda-c898d568e51e.html]]> 2020-11-13 17:16:36 UTC https://padlet.com/csavoca/4wrvmbkiykjxxa3l/wish/920985867 csavoca https://padlet.com/csavoca/4wrvmbkiykjxxa3l/wish/921160661 Healthcare cost is a Long-term care issue. Skyrocketing prices for healthcare has burdened Americans. People are exhausted with paying insurance premiums and most do not consider long-term care insurance for their golden years. Only a small percentage of Americans take steps to prepare; this is mostly due to the experience of watching a loved one suffer for not planning ]]> 2020-11-13 17:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/csavoca/4wrvmbkiykjxxa3l/wish/921160661 csavoca https://padlet.com/csavoca/4wrvmbkiykjxxa3l/wish/944140817 Our Country is spending too much money on health care.  Our businesses and their employees are overburdened with expenses. We have wasted money and convoluted our healthcare system because we have middlemen.  I am talking about the insurance CEOs making millions selling  health insurance.]]> 2020-11-20 02:13:08 UTC https://padlet.com/csavoca/4wrvmbkiykjxxa3l/wish/944140817 csavoca https://padlet.com/csavoca/4wrvmbkiykjxxa3l/wish/944160047 This article caught my attention because it reminded me of a conversation I had with friends after President Barack Obama passed the Affordable Care Act.]]> 2020-11-20 02:23:48 UTC https://padlet.com/csavoca/4wrvmbkiykjxxa3l/wish/944160047 csavoca https://padlet.com/csavoca/4wrvmbkiykjxxa3l/wish/944252411 I was at a bar with friends, and we randomly started to discuss capitalism. I explained that health care should not be a capitalistic venture and that we need universal health care, similar to Canada, England, France, and Germany. 

Americans need to learn and understand that social medicine is not socialism.]]> 2020-11-20 03:24:05 UTC https://padlet.com/csavoca/4wrvmbkiykjxxa3l/wish/944252411 csavoca https://padlet.com/csavoca/4wrvmbkiykjxxa3l/wish/948419704 I know one emergency room doctor, one nurse practitioner, and one health insurance sales agent. Two out of those three people think that our healthcare system is broken, one person thinks everything is Ok. Can you guess which one thinks everything is fine?

"America is unique among wealthy advanced nations in not providing healthcare for all its citizens. And that is not only immoral, but it is also wildly inefficient."
(https://youtu.be/zt0PifgVLBU)

We allow the insurance industry and its lobbyists to force their  business on us. America needs to step up and do what is right and make a change!  (Please watch the video. It's only 63 seconds long)]]> 2020-11-21 18:08:04 UTC https://padlet.com/csavoca/4wrvmbkiykjxxa3l/wish/948419704