Rasta Rants

I think we can all agree US healthcare needs some help - It is not working well. Just look at our costs versus the world then go look at our outcomes versus the world. Its alarming! We costs nearly twice as much as the next two highest spending countries combined. We are still ranked 27th in the World Health organization rankings of health around the world. So in short we are paying the most and getting a terrible result from all that spending. I think both political parties see this although I'm not sure they are actually admitting it. So who is winning in the current system and who is fighting to keep it as it is? The big winners are medical providers and drug companies. Providers include hospitals, doctors, diagnostics, Labs, surgery centers, ambulance, urgent care clinics and more. Drug companies include drug manufacturers and PBM's. These two industry segments make the majority of money in the US healthcare system. This is not to say that there are not others that benef