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Why Is Healthcare Reform So Difficult?

Explore the challenges in healthcare reform, from heated rhetoric to complex issues and diverse political philosophies. Understand why reform is a daunting task despite the pressing need for change. Analyze the history of healthcare reform in the U.S. and the current landscape post-Obamacare, considering various proposed solutions and the future of the healthcare system.

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Why Is Healthcare Reform So Difficult?

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  1. Why Is Healthcare Reform So Difficult? David Davenport Crystal Serenity February, 2011

  2. Washington, D.C.

  3. The Difficulty

  4. Heated Rhetoric, Complex Issues 51 Million Uninsured? • About 11 million are noncitizens • About 16 million adults eligible but not insured • About 7 million kids eligible but not insured • Another 9 million have incomes over $66k So real number closer to 16 million

  5. Heated Rhetoric, Complex Issues WHO says US life expectancy #42 in world? --Remove homicides --Remove traffic fatalities We’re Number One

  6. The Difficulty

  7. The Science & Technology Are Rapidly Changing

  8. Economics Are Becoming Unsustainable

  9. 2008 John F. Cogan Hoover Institution 1/10/09

  10. But Costs Difficult to Manage • #1 cost driver is technology and improved healthcare • There is also waste, perhaps as high as 20-25% but difficult to squeeze out

  11. Waste To Be Eliminated • 3rd party payor problems (moral hazard) • $5 of every $6 paid by “someone else” • Regulatory cost • Malpractice, lawsuits • Tax policy drives employer plans

  12. Different Political Philosophies

  13. The Equality vs. Liberty Narratives From the French Revolution: Liberte, egalite et fraternite From the American Revolution: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

  14. The Liberty Narrative • Equality of opportunity • Limited role of government • Individual freedom and choice

  15. The Equality Narrative • Equality of outcomes • Government oversight • Limits on free markets and individual freedom to institutionalize equality

  16. Healthcare Reform in the 60’s

  17. Healthcare Reform in the 90’s

  18. Health Care Reform in 2010

  19. What Would Happen In “Ordinary” Times? • American people don’t generally support major overhauls • With 15% uninsured and 80% + happy with their healthcare, felt need for overhaul isn’t widespread • So work on individual pieces of problem

  20. But These Were Not “Ordinary” Times • President Obama wanted to spend his political capital on this • Both Congress and Senate were in his party • Tough economic times create greater support for more safety net

  21. Obamacare: Will It Survive? • Repeal highly unlikely • But Congress may alter it in other ways • Constitutional challenges are real • Public is ambivalent

  22. For individuals National market, portability Preexisting conditions Tax relief and subsidies for uninsured Repeal and Replace

  23. Individual Fixes for System • National market • Information/accountability for choices • Change tax incentives • Reform medical malpractice laws

  24. Why Is Healthcare Reform So Difficult?

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