Politics Thread

[Muskie in dayton]

I have several suggestions that would help lower the overall cost of care and improve outcomes:

1.) get rid of pbms. They are completely unnecessary and the big three are controlled by the biggest pharmacies in the world that work directly with the mfgs of the drugs.
2.) direct primary care for every primary care giver and get rid of things like copay, coinsurance. Basically get insurance out of those settings for the most part. Subscription models allow primary care givers to actually spend time with their clients and figure out what is going on rather than spending five minutes and subscribing a pill because hospital system a or b told them they need to write a certain number of scripts for medicine a or b a month. Yes this happens.
This subscription model should also help getting people to their primary care before a real problem exists or at least catch things early before they get cost prohibitive. The percentage of people with a primary care giver is extremely small
3.) price transparency for surgeries, imaging etc. this is starting to happen in some places and makes a substantial difference. UHC has a product thatÂ’s outstanding in this area.
4.) surgical centers for outpatient surgeries that arenÂ’t tied to hospital networks or systems. This also for the most part keeps insurance out. Again a substantial cost savings. There needs to be more of these.

I have a ton moreÂ… that are more drastic and would be a complete overhaul of our system but if these four things occurred, weÂ’d see a drastic reduction of costs across the board.


A big problem for a lot of my suggestions is that 1.) too much money, lobbying and profit for insurance companies. It’s not “evil profit” it’s the reality of the situation. Pharmacy is in general the only remaining industry with little to no regulation. 2.) the majority of the population has a very ingrained idea of how healthcare works in our country, and a lot of these changes may seem basic, but in practice they are scary for a lot of people. 3.) we are a very sick country due to our lifestyles and wants/needs/ food supplies/ quick fixes. brief example look at the explosion of semaglutide in this country. The impact of just those drugs on heath plans are astronomical, and in most cases, there is zero reason a person should be taking it.

Anyways I could write a novel on here and I have already wasted enough of my time.

Another, much more realistic and effective way would be one term lifetime limits for all Federal offices. #COS

[Muskie in dayton]

Even a Democrat thinks the Trump trial was FUBAR: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/31/rfk-jr-trump-verdict-undemocratic-00161065

[paulxu]

I'm pretty sure that guy's not a real democrat.

[bobbiemcgee]

Just like gun control.

Well trump and Hunter can't have one so that:s a start.

[GoMuskies]

Think there's enough white trash to go around in this Presidential election? Hilarious wording in this news blurb I read about the Hunter Biden case:

Hunter Biden's former sister-in-law and ex-girlfriend told a Delaware federal jury Thursday that she "panicked" when she found a gun and a box of bullets in his truck and threw the gun in a grocery store trash can because she was afraid he might hurt himself.

[Xuperman]

Our citizenry is profoundly conflicted. Those that choose to engage here (and everywhere) are certainly polarized, but at the same time express a desire to find a balanced news source. That is NOT their actual "news craving", because if it was, NEWS NATION reporting would be a big part of this thread. They are absolutely blasting the ratings of the MSM DEM/FOX propaganda complex.

Please....watch the 7,8,9 weekly time slots on News Nation BEFORE you vote!

[Muskie in dayton]

I'm pretty sure that guy's not a real democrat.

I’m completely sure that guy’s an actual Democrat. Not the shot hole, communist, authoritarian, pedophiliac heap is shit the Democrats are today.

RFK Jr. ‘24.

[bobbiemcgee]

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Not a trumper anymore? May as well not vote.

https://thehill.com/elections/470829...ey-conviction/

[Muskie in dayton]

Not a trumper anymore? May as well not vote.

https://thehill.com/elections/470829...ey-conviction/

Never been one. Just because I voted for him in ‘20 doesn’t make me a “Trumper”. No, what I am is an American that loves freedom, and I hate the Democrats for destroying America. Why do you hate America?

[Smails]

I'm pretty sure that guy's not a real democrat.

I'm pretty sure someone can't be a real democrat and question the merits of that trial...correct? The Dems are headed to a weird place in that they are now denouncing people who don't 100% tow the line on messaging. Diversity of thought seems to be getting pushed aside more and more each day.