Why are there so many people dying?

Answer 1

One OpinionIn the 1970's over 80% of Americans were insured. Then the government got even more involved in medicine than they already were and started mandating that insurance companies start covering certain procedures. Since people could not purchase the type of insurance they wanted, but instead had to purchase insurance that covered by law certain treatments that the customer may not want, the prices for insurance went up, as the companies had to cover more things legally. So people started dropping insurance due to the increase in prices. In the 1990's less than 70% had insurance. So you want more government involvement, the thing that caused more people to be uninsured? That seems strange to me. You should support getting the government out of health care if you want more people to have access to affordable health care. In the 1950's, before Medicare or Medicaid was introduced, medical care was far cheaper. In fact it was so cheap that doctors made house calls, saw several members of the family, and it was paid for in cash with only one person in the household working. But then Medicare increased the demand for doctors by reducing the out of pocket pay that the elderly pay when saying doctors. And it reduced the supply of doctors by forcing them to deal with an influx of new patients, they had to make sure they were within government guidelines while treating patients, and fill out government required paperwork at the risk of a fine. When demand goes up, and supply goes down, prices go up. Insurance in the 1950's was reserved for emergencies, because doctors were so cheap that routine procedures could be paid for in cash. So government caused the high prices that make insurance necessary to see doctors. And government caused many people to lose their insurance.

Another Opinion

Because the population on Earth has been increasing every year, there are people available to die each year.

Also there are more wars, genocides, diseases, famines, etc. that take a heavy toll.