Nine Technologies To Save Money For Our Health Care System

$40 for a plastic thing like the lung flute? Great device, but it ought to cost $5. The creator would still make a healthy profit at that price.
This is a great example of price inflation in the medical industry. This is why the U.S pays 4 times what other rich countries pay for health care, and has an average life expectancy worse than most of them.

Now $10 for a cellphone/microscope, that's more like it! That's the kind of thing that comes out of innovation meant for the 3rd world - suddenly you realize how much cheaper most things could be in the 1st world.

The medical industry controls the prices on everything. The American Medical Association used to standardize fees for practicing physicians and raised the expectations so high that the practitioners now have no other choice but to follow their forefather's example. The practicing doctor has to account for his/her impossible debt accumulation somehow.

I do not believe in much these days and I certainly do not stand behind electronics that continually need upgrades and replacements to somehow lower any costs for health care. Why should we need a gadget that looks like a nintendo DS to do an in office ultrasound. Nine times out of ten the couple will want an in-depth reading with a picture at the end. Pointless!

Thanks for highlighting the benefits of music therapy! As a board-certified music therapist, I have seen first hand the results of using music therapy techniques with traumatic brain injury patients, as well as people with Alzheimers, the developmentally disabled, etc. And while it's true that the tools of a music therapist might include "a 99 cent track from iTunes, plus an overturned soup pot and some spoons", I think it's important to point out that only a music therapist, or clinician with similar training, can design an effective treatment plan using music techniques. Just because you own a stethoscope doesn't make you a doctor. :) Good music therapists charge between $60-$150 per hour for their services. You can find that information, along with other facts about and uses of music therapy, at the American Music Therapy Association website: www.musictherapy.org.

$40 for a plastic thing like the lung flute? Great device, but it ought to cost $5. The creator would still make a healthy profit at that price.
This is a great example of price inflation in the medical industry. This is why the U.S pays 4 times what other rich countries pay for health care, and has an average life expectancy worse than most of them.

The above is a great example of the foolishness of the uncreative. Do you know how much cheaper (and energy efficient) than the drugs and oxygen that most people with CPOD use the lung flute is ? You guys make the perfect become the enemy of the good.

$40 for a plastic thing like the lung flute? Great device, but it ought to cost $5. The creator would still make a healthy profit at that price.
This is a great example of price inflation in the medical industry. This is why the U.S pays 4 times what other rich countries pay for health care, and has an average life expectancy worse than most of them.

Ludwig
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Medical instruments and machinery coupled with the wages overhead is what continues to impact on the medical systems ability to provide health care that is affordable and equal for all individuals. Although, I have a simple philosophical belief, it is probably not reasonable nor, achievable within the current capitalist system. In order for the 300 million Americans, of which 17% cannot access, to access the best medical intervention educative and socialist principle must be adopted. This is not likely to occur, however, the 17% who cannot afford medical insurance may be provided with health insurance through government funding. This is a positive response to such a difficult set of circumstances in our wealthy country. The money provided will still enter the economy; yet the 17% obtain good health care, the manufactures and medical system is a little more robust and the capitalist system remains intact.

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Knowing that Reduces background noise 85% on average without eliminating critical body sounds in my opinion is the best, it provides extra listening power for when you need it and lets you focus on critical sounds.

I will like to add that the sound received from the sensor is transmitted naturally to ears through the tubing.

Chris Martin,
Consultant
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This law is just another opportunity to pander to the lower class. The most obvious way to cut costs is to open up healthcare across state lines. Let me buy insurance from any state, and you will see rates shrink dramatically atkins diet cellulite.