Part 2: The Unjust Burden – How the Current System Fails Working Americans, Middle Class, Self-Employed and Small Businesses

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While the debates and protests rage against Medicaid cuts, those same protestors are not standing up against the fundamental inequities of the U.S. healthcare system for the working class, middle class, self-employed, and small businesses. They are being ignored, as is incentivizing pro-active early detection programs and screenings.

High costs, lack of access to preventative care, and hidden taxes create a system that is inherently unfair and ultimately detrimental to public health.

This argument that employers will perpetually foot the bill comes at a cost as healthcare premiums provided by employers are very expensive and they are a wage substitute. This is especially the case for small business owners, the economic engine of this nation.

Employers with high insurance costs are less able to give raises to their employees. High deductibles and copays are deterrents for people seeking medical care and early diagnoses of what later become serious conditions.

We heard stories on the Congressional campaign trail of how families avoided Emergency Departments and expensive diagnostic tests, including MRIs, because of high copays and deductibles. They were disgusted by the unlimited services to illegals while they put their own health at risk due to financial constraints. We also heard stories about those who chose not to take a full time job because they would lose Husky as there was no transition to private care and that upward mobility is less important.

Families that are already struggling to get by are foregoing medical care while their tax dollars are going to provide Medicaid to illegal aliens and those not working (and that have no desire to work). This is inherently unfair. It is also bad public policy to deny a large percentage of the working population affordable access to the preventative benefits of early intervention and treatment of disease. It is even more unfair that up to 6% of their healthcare premium costs are going to a provider tax that subsidizes the Medicaid system.

So as we explore this system - preventative care needs to be the investment in healthcare that rewards pro-active and early detection which will result in reduced long-term healthcare costs.

• Part 1: The Medicaid Paradox – Growth, Costs, and Misleading "Cuts"
• Part 2: The Unjust Burden – How the Current System Fails Working Americans, Middle Class, Self-Employed and Small Businesses
• Part 3: The Monopoly Problem – How Consolidation Drives Up Healthcare Costs
• Part 4: The Human Cost – Physician Burnout and Dissatisfaction
• Part 5: The Path to Reform – Competition, Choice, and Patient-Centered Care

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