Moorestown Patch Letter To The Editor: After AHA Defeat, What's Next For American Healthcare?

To the Editor:

Now that RyanTrumpCare is dead, Americans wonder what’s next.

Instead of Mickey Mouse stunts with tax gimmicks, maybe someone will work on solutions to our basic problem: healthcare in the United States costs too much.

This country spends 16-17% of Gross Domestic Product on healthcare. Other countries in the rest of the industrialized world (like Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Canada, United Kingdom) spend 10-11%, yet manage to provide universal healthcare. Why are we spending so much more with no better health outcomes than these other countries?

Medicare spends 2-3% of income on administrative costs, whereas the typical health insurance company spends 20-30% on administrative costs, including profits.

Question: If you were a businessperson, which vendor would you do business with?

We count on President Donald Trump and the 535 members of the House and Senate to really work on and solve our problems with healthcare. We must accept nothing less.

Edwin F. Begg
Moorestown resident