Finished reading an article regarding a new medical research center being built by “Children’s Mercy Hospital” in Kansas City, MO. It’s going to be a beautiful building & one of architectural significance from the looks of it. I dare say that it most likely will be pretty expensive to build.
Having not too long ago moved back to Kansas City from Houston … there, they are building new architecturally significant hospitals right & left … there appears to be no end in sight as to the building spree. I am not sure there is any more room left in the Houston Medical Center District.
Some of my reading has implied that these facilities are of a high tech nature with all the bells & whistles necessary to deliver state of the art medical care to a generation of folks who are demanding such services.
I can’t help but believe that all of this will ultimately be reflected in higher health care costs to us the end user.
Our insurance rates in reality go up significantly every year. If they don’t go up that much it is because they are cutting back upon the nature of the benefits, expanding deductibles etc. The annual justification for these increases is that medical costs are rising.
I just worked with a young lady who cannot afford to take advantage of her company’s health insurance benefit for herself & most certainly if it includes a family plan of sorts involving her child. The company’s plan just costs too much because medical costs are high & going up.
Amazingly enough, the ACA plans are also pretty darn expensive.
If one does not take advantage of an ACA health insurance plan (when an employer plan is not available), then the penalties associated with failure to secure a plan are pretty expensive also.
One is left between a rock & a hard place in trying to obtain adequate health care (Insurance) at a rate a struggling family can afford. One needs insurance because health care costs are high.
Back to the new hospitals & cost …. I hardly find it useful to be increasing the cost of providing health care (regardless of the nifty new bells & whistles) if the end user is trying to stay above water with the current rates & can’t afford a doctor/hospital because they are NOW too expensive.
Maybe, they (the hospital builders) should STOP spending money on brick, mortar & the internet ... Here is a novel idea …. start spending money on taking care of the people who need them.
I am not nearly as concerned about new paint as I am about the doctor sticking the needle in the right place.
Exactly! BTW this is fabulous reading.
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