LU Hosts Summit on Health Care with Dr. Stuart Rosenberg
Chelsea Place
Issue date: 3/3/10 Section: News
In 2008 the United States had a total of 300.5 million people, of which 15 percent were not insured. That equates to roughly 45,075,000 people who weren't covered by health insurance.
Dr. Stuart Rosenberg, president and CEO of Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians (HMFP) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, said, "We spend more than any other country in the world and we're the only developed nation that has people that don't have full coverage."
On Thursday, Feb. 18, Longwood University held a summit on health care reform. The summit started out with a PowerPoint by Dr. Rosenberg that was meant to lay out the facts of healthcare for those that attended the summit. Following this PowerPoint was a panel discussion that consisted of four participants: Rosenberg, Congressman Tom Perriello, Dr. Joe Montoya and Dr. Gwen Eddleman.
The first question asked during the forum was: From your perspective what is the current state of healthcare?
It all went back to Rosenberg's equation that value equals quality of goods or services over cost, meaning that value of healthcare is directly related to the cost and how it affects the quality of goods. The basic idea is you get what you paid for, only that isn't the case in the U.S. People pay more and more in health insurance but get less bang for their buck.
In 2007 the total health expenditure per capita, public and private for the United States was 7,290. The next lowest total health care expenditure was 3,895 the per capita spent by Canada in 2007 (OECD Health Data 1009). The United States spent a whole 3,395 more on health care in one year than any other country and there are still a lot of people that are not fully covered by their health insurance.
Perriello made a good point when he said, "we are now in a position where staying on one insurance policy for a long period of time doesn't exist." From a the viewpoint of a health insurance agent he said, "But when I think you're probably going to go through six jobs in the next 15 years, my goal is to make sure you find out you're sick when you're on someone else's insurance."
Dr. Stuart Rosenberg, president and CEO of Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians (HMFP) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, said, "We spend more than any other country in the world and we're the only developed nation that has people that don't have full coverage."
On Thursday, Feb. 18, Longwood University held a summit on health care reform. The summit started out with a PowerPoint by Dr. Rosenberg that was meant to lay out the facts of healthcare for those that attended the summit. Following this PowerPoint was a panel discussion that consisted of four participants: Rosenberg, Congressman Tom Perriello, Dr. Joe Montoya and Dr. Gwen Eddleman.
The first question asked during the forum was: From your perspective what is the current state of healthcare?
It all went back to Rosenberg's equation that value equals quality of goods or services over cost, meaning that value of healthcare is directly related to the cost and how it affects the quality of goods. The basic idea is you get what you paid for, only that isn't the case in the U.S. People pay more and more in health insurance but get less bang for their buck.
In 2007 the total health expenditure per capita, public and private for the United States was 7,290. The next lowest total health care expenditure was 3,895 the per capita spent by Canada in 2007 (OECD Health Data 1009). The United States spent a whole 3,395 more on health care in one year than any other country and there are still a lot of people that are not fully covered by their health insurance.
Perriello made a good point when he said, "we are now in a position where staying on one insurance policy for a long period of time doesn't exist." From a the viewpoint of a health insurance agent he said, "But when I think you're probably going to go through six jobs in the next 15 years, my goal is to make sure you find out you're sick when you're on someone else's insurance."
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