Senate Health Bill Leaves Key Problems With Health Care System Unresolved stat : NPR

NPR asked several health care experts to tell us what they view as the biggest problems with the current health care system. "The fundamental problem with the health care system is health care is too expensive," said Sara Rosenbaum, a professor of health law and policy at George Washington University. The Senate Health Care Bill Doesn't Solve Them, Experts SayEnlarge this image toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesThe Affordable Care Act isn't perfect. Problem 1: health care costsThe biggest problem with health care in the U.S. was around long before Obamacare, several experts who spoke to NPR said. Either way, it's not clear that the Senate health bill would increase stability in the individual markets.




Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe legislation would decrease federal deficits by a total of $321 billion over a decade, the budget office said. Advertisement Continue reading the main story"C.B.O.'s report today makes clear that this bill is every bit as mean as the House bill," Mr. Schumer said. Earlier Monday afternoon, Senate Republican leaders altered their bill to penalize people who go without health insurance by requiring them to wait six months before their coverage would begin. But the budget office put Republicans in an untenable position. Advertisement Continue reading the main storySenator John Thune of South Dakota, a member of the Republican leadership, suggested that leaders would press forward with the Senate bill.

The Senate Health Bill Could Cost 28,600 Lives Per Year

And despite all the factors above, health insurance time and again proves to be a life-saving proposition. They calculated that if the Senate health-care bill passes, an additional 28,600 Americans will die each year due to medical conditions that could have been prevented or treated if the person had health insurance. But when constructing a health-care system for an entire nation, there is reason to know the stakes at a broad level. So could there be some paradoxical effect to health insurance? How beneficial, really, is health insurance?


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