Thanks so much for commenting and reading Brad! Share and preach the gospel. Only way this system gets changed is if WE the people do it. I tell people that wait for the government and/or insurers to fix it to pack a really big lunch 🙂

PLUS the removal of personal interest in keeping costs down. How many folks have a mindset that: I won’t make this Home/Auto Claim… it’ll probably make my rates go up next year or they might drop me… I’m waiting for a big claim.

Imagine if Home/Auto was sold using the same group-think as Health. Good chance you’d see premiums skyrocket as claims for every loose shingle and fender-bender start flooding in.

Thank you for naming this addiction. Now maybe we can get a government program to wean us from it. DARE to be Different. Hah! Good on you for doing your part, thanks!

Bob thank you so very much for the kind words and the work you are doing on your end to help change this system for the better and from the ground up which in my opinion is the only way. I would love to chat more as writing is something I am actually very terrified of and self conscious about so to hear someone say I “should write a book” is really appreciated but also scary as heck.

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” Buckminster Fuller

Thank you so much Amber. And I do believe congratulations are in order? 🙂

I am an insurance consultant, do not sell insurance, working with public entity accounts in Tenneessee for over 30 years. I just released my third book on healthcare, Behind the Healthcare Cost Curtain… there is an answer! This 400 page, 3 year project speaks to almost every area of healthcare and health care-there is a difference. I ask the same question regarding each; What is their motive to lower the cost of healthcare? I encourage you to read it and spread all of our united observations.

After reading your article, very well written by the way, I encourage you to write a book. I just don’t think we can fight this battle with 140 character bullets. Let me know if we can talk and how I can help. Thanks for being a part of the real solution.

Thanks for listening.

Bob G. Shupe, REBC, CEO
ESP, LLC
277 Wilson Pike Circle
Suite 203
Brentwood, Tn 37027
Bob@esptn.com
615-812-6223

Thanks Batman (my favorite superhero FYI) for commenting and feedback. This article which just came across my feed this AM does a wonderful job of breaking this down : How Health Insurance Bleeds Employees There are a few very big villains in this “cartel”. For people who really struggle to understand how our system works, I advise them to watch Narcos on Netflix. It really is no different than what Escobar built in Colombia .

I like to also think about it in terms of patient empowerment. We’ve given up our power to handle our health issues because getting care can be so complicated & confusing. But when we break the cycle of addiction & take back our power, we’ll be on our way to better, affordable care.