Comments on: New Health Affairs: Health Spending Growth Remained Low In 2011 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2013/01/07/new-health-affairs-health-spending-growth-remained-low-in-2011/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-health-affairs-health-spending-growth-remained-low-in-2011 The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere Fri, 24 May 2013 20:22:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Wonky Wednesday: Has the Cost Curve Been Bent? » Comeback America Initiative http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2013/01/07/new-health-affairs-health-spending-growth-remained-low-in-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-274784 Wonky Wednesday: Has the Cost Curve Been Bent? » Comeback America Initiative Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:45:09 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/?p=26925#comment-274784 [...] recent report by the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published in Health Affairs finds that there may well be an increase in the near future. Chief Actuary Rick [...]

]]> By: marvinlzinn http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2013/01/07/new-health-affairs-health-spending-growth-remained-low-in-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-261885 marvinlzinn Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:49:03 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/?p=26925#comment-261885 First: I expect actual cost has increased more, because from my experience inflation is three times what the government calculates (mostly from food). Yes, the cost can be less with lower quality or faster activity, which also causes more mistakes and winds up costing more, but not seen connected to the same treatment. (Drug side effects, for instance.).

Second: Prevention is always better than correction. The government does have good regulations for some of this, but rules and laws become so complicated or more expensive, so many are missed. If we give more time to our thoughts about procedures that could also reduce the total cost, but most citizens, especially businesses, put profits above it. (Lack of a more expensive ladder caused my fall head-first to the floor with seven weeks coma.)

Third: The best solution to problems is individual responsibility. Laws against something will not prevent danger, and often increase profits. Starting with our children, we must have citizens realize the health loss of junk; cheap things always cost more in the future. Pay attention to facts, and ignore the lies in advertisements, including drugs. Poison may taste a lot better, so insurance will also cost a lot more. Sugar is the worst addictive drug in the world, so tax that heavily to pay its real cost.

]]> By: Slower Growth in Health Care Spending Continued in 2011 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2013/01/07/new-health-affairs-health-spending-growth-remained-low-in-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-253809 Slower Growth in Health Care Spending Continued in 2011 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:26:02 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/?p=26925#comment-253809 [...] spending continued to grow slowly in 2011. In an article published in the January, 2013 issue of Health Affairs, the Actuary analyzed changes in various categories of health care spending and noted that the [...]

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