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This 3-page paper provides an explanation as to why health care and medical costs are on the rise in the United States. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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-- as medical costs rise, employees continue shelling out more and more of their own money to pay for medical expenses (Gugliemo 20). This is assuming, of course, that an
employee is fortunate enough to have an employer willing to spend money on health care. No matter who shoulders the burden of
health care costs, however, the numbers are pretty shocking. During 2007, the United States spent $2 trillion a year on its health care system -- representing 50 percent more
per capita than any other nation (Pellet 52). Its ironic that the one nation that doesnt have subsidized health care provided by the government should be paying so much in
for health care costs, yet have so little to show for it. For every piece of medical technology used to prolong a life, thousands go uninsured or die because theyre
under-insured for treatment. The U.S. medical system is definitely out of whack, and needs a great deal of overhaul. But to do this,
its important to understand what is contributing to the rising costs of health care in the United States. On the surface, its easy to point fingers, to blame the money-hungry
doctors and hospitals who have no problems charging a patient three dollars for an aspirin tablet. Its also easy to point the finger at Big Pharma, the collection of pharmaceutical
companies that seem to be having a good time creating drugs for symptoms that dont even exist, or that exist in a small fraction of the population.
Its also easy to point the finger at insurance companies that continue raising premiums and reporting record profits, while stiffing beneficiaries with higher and higher
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