Not making this up.
Rising healthcare benefit costs are causing considerable angst among U.S. workers, according to a new survey by Watson Wyatt Worldwide, a leading global consulting firm. However, most workers say they are willing to improve their own health to help control future costs and prepare themselves for a more enjoyable retirement.
See, we are all going to stop smoking, lose weight, and eat more leafy green vegetables. So it is really a good thing none of us can afford health care.
Charge enough for medicine and people will just stop getting sick.
Sheesh.
On my fried hard drive I have this list of cost vs markup of the most common drugs sold in America today.
A colleage of mine has a homeopathic doctor who is not covered. His wife is from India and he rightly refers to western medicine as allopathic. Allowing media to advertize “ask your doctor about” should have immediately drawn a response from our “caring and benevolent” government looking out for your best interests.
Ya, but, see, we need Dick Rumsfelds company with all it’s technology and power to “protect” us if something happens.
Well, how many vaccines are made here in the US?
Is it true the boom in China is due to the 1997 Kyoto accord exempting China from any carbon emission restrictions?
I’ll shut up now, on vacation three weeks.
now that it costs too much. I really enjoyed being miserable and spending time in waiting rooms, but it’s a luxury that I will have to give up on for now.
I’ve also decided to stop running into other cars because of that car insurance commercial that promises bonus discounts for every year without an accident.
Got any evidence that people are now eating more green vegetables or quiting smoking or exercising?
Got any evidence that eating more green vegetables or quiting smoking or exercising is reducing health care costs?