How to Cut America’s Healthcare Spending by 50%
The current sickcare system is financially unsustainable. Physician correspondent “Ishabaka” proposes practical ways we could cut costs by 50% while improving care.
Since sickcare is fiscally and demographically unsustainable, it will eventually be replaced by something that is sustainable. Our only choice is to either let the current system collapse and then start pondering sustainable alternatives, or begin an honest discussion of sustainable alternatives before sickcare implodes in insolvency.
In the spirit of openly discussing a variety of sustainable, systemic healthcare options, we present this essay by correspondent “Ishabaka” M.D. on how to cut our current (18% of GDP) healthcare spending by 50%. Ishabaka received training in Canada, so he has direct knowledge of the Canadian system from the inside. Having spent decades as a primary-care and emergency room physician in the U.S., he also has deep knowledge of the U.S. sickcare system from the point of view of a care provider to under-served (i.e. uninsured) Americans.
Here is Ishabaka’s essay:
Some time ago I told you how I could cut health care costs in half and provide every American with the healthcare they need (not necessarily the healthcare they want!). Here goes. Some of my points might seem drastic, but we are facing a drastic problem.