John predicts US health care costs will keep rising fastest in the world until the US negotiates prices like Australia and Britain (2013)
prediction · status: partly came true · last event: partly came true (2016-10-18) · owner: John
In August 2013 John predicted that US health care costs would keep rising faster than anywhere else until the US negotiates prices as Australia and Britain do; in 2015 he said the Affordable Care Act had not changed that in the long run.
About: United States, Australia, United Kingdom, health care prices in the United States
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-20 | predicted | John predicts that until the US negotiates with providers as effectively as Australia and Britain, its health care costs will keep rising faster than anywhere else, without better outcomes. | Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? 00:06:41 |
| 2015-03-24 | repeated | John says that if nothing changes, US health care costs will still crush the country in the long run, since the ACA is not radical. | Is Obamacare Working? The Affordable Care Act Five Years Later 00:05:34 |
| 2016-10-18 | partly came true | John says costs still rise faster than inflation and median weekly earnings, outcomes still lag, and US care remains far costlier than anywhere, though the gap with Europe has narrowed; the ACA was not designed to fix this. | Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals 00:02:54 |
What is said about it
4 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2013-08-20 · Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? — John says that until the US negotiates with health-care providers as effectively as Australians and British people do, its costs will keep rising faster than anywhere else without better outcomes. — 00:06:41
- 2015-03-24 · Is Obamacare Working? The Affordable Care Act Five Years Later — John says that if nothing changes, health care costs will still crush the US in the long run, because the ACA is not particularly radical. — 00:05:34
- 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John lists other problems: rising employer premiums and deductibles as employers cover a smaller share, fewer plans on some exchanges, and higher costs for former bare-bones plan holders under comprehensive-coverage rules. — 00:03:13
- 2016-10-18 · Understanding Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's Health Care Reform Proposals — John stresses that the US system's structural shortcomings are much older than Obamacare: the ACA is not why US health costs are so high, since they were very high before it. — 00:03:34