{"id":6976,"date":"2009-10-01T12:59:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T16:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/newsroom-statements-controlling-the-runaway-costs-of-health-care\/"},"modified":"2023-09-19T11:10:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T15:10:47","slug":"newsroom-statements-controlling-the-runaway-costs-of-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/newsroom-statements-controlling-the-runaway-costs-of-health-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Controlar los costos desbocados de la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Se\u00f1ora Presidenta, hace una semana, los senadores dem\u00f3cratas de primer a\u00f1o<br \/>\nVine a este piso para discutir como grupo c\u00f3mo es nuestro actual sistema de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica.<br \/>\nroto e insostenible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Hoy volvemos a abordar el desaf\u00edo de la fuga<br \/>\ncostos y c\u00f3mo la reforma del sistema de salud puede doblar la curva de costos, haciendo que la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica<br \/>\nm\u00e1s asequible y m\u00e1s accesible para nuestras familias y nuestras empresas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Mucha gente me ha dicho: \u00bfes este realmente el momento?<br \/>\nasumir la reforma sanitaria, cuando estamos en medio de lo peor<br \/>\nrecesi\u00f3n desde la gran depresi\u00f3n?<span>&nbsp; <\/span>El<br \/>\nLa respuesta es un s\u00ed inequ\u00edvoco.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Ahora es el momento.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Ahora<br \/>\nEs el momento, porque los costes sanitarios son un tren fuera de control que causa grandes da\u00f1os.<br \/>\nsobre nuestras familias, nuestras peque\u00f1as empresas y nuestras grandes empresas. <span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>De hecho, considere la situaci\u00f3n con una familia:<br \/>\ncuando los costos de la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica se han duplicado en los \u00faltimos nueve a\u00f1os.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Entonces, las familias que pod\u00edan permitirse un seguro solo<br \/>\nhace unos a\u00f1os no pueden permit\u00edrselo hoy.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Y<br \/>\nahora las primas de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica est\u00e1n aumentando a\u00fan m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Se espera que se dupliquen en los pr\u00f3ximos seis a\u00f1os para<br \/>\nsiete a\u00f1os.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Como resultado, muchas familias<br \/>\ny las personas que est\u00e1n luchando por pagar esas primas de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica en este momento<br \/>\nno podremos hacerlo en unos pocos a\u00f1os m\u00e1s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Por lo tanto, arreglar nuestro sistema de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica fallido no puede esperar. <span>&nbsp;<\/span>De hecho, la reforma es esencial para nuestras familias,<br \/>\nnuestras peque\u00f1as empresas y nuestras grandes empresas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Considere esto: por<br \/>\nuna familia trabajadora cada d\u00f3lar adicional que se destina a una prima de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica<br \/>\nproviene de los salarios que de otro modo se destinar\u00edan a aumentar los ingresos de la familia.<br \/>\npoder adquisitivo. <span>&nbsp;<\/span>As\u00ed que el aumento de la atenci\u00f3n sanitaria<br \/>\nLas primas son en realidad un impuesto sobre los salarios familiares, un impuesto sobre el poder adquisitivo de la familia,<br \/>\nhaciendo mucho m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil para nuestras familias salir adelante y mantener<br \/>\nsus hijos y lograr una alta calidad de vida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Ahora bien, controlar los costes tambi\u00e9n es esencial para las peque\u00f1as<br \/>\nnegocios. <span>&nbsp;<\/span>Las peque\u00f1as empresas quieren<br \/>\nofrecer cobertura de salud para atraer y retener buenos empleados y hacer lo que es<br \/>\nadecuado para la calidad de vida de sus empleados. <span>&nbsp;<\/span><span>&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>Pero<br \/>\nLos costos desbocados lo hacen cada vez m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Considere el ejemplo de la Hawthorne Auto Clinic fundada<br \/>\ny operado por Jim Houser y su esposa Liz Dally. <span>&nbsp;<\/span>Cuando abrieron hace 26 a\u00f1os, Jim y Liz<br \/>\nse comprometieron a ofrecer a quienes trabajaron para ellos y con ellos un buen beneficio<br \/>\npaquete que incluya atenci\u00f3n sanitaria integral. <span>&nbsp;<\/span>Todav\u00eda pueden proporcionar seguro m\u00e9dico.<br \/>\na sus empleados, pero cada vez es m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil. <span>&nbsp;<\/span>Las primas han pasado de 9% de su n\u00f3mina a<br \/>\n18% s\u00f3lo en los \u00faltimos cinco a\u00f1os.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Como un<br \/>\nComo resultado, han tenido que recortar los beneficios que ofrec\u00edan.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Durante la \u00faltima d\u00e9cada, las primas de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica<br \/>\nse han disparado para las peque\u00f1as empresas en todos los \u00e1mbitos, tal como lo han hecho para<br \/>\nCl\u00ednica de autom\u00f3viles Hawthorne. <span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Las grandes empresas tambi\u00e9n ven el efecto. <span>&nbsp;<\/span>Si construyes un autom\u00f3vil en Estados Unidos, cuesta $1,500<br \/>\nen el cuidado de la salud. <span>&nbsp;<\/span>Si construyes eso mismo<br \/>\ncoche a trav\u00e9s de la frontera en Canad\u00e1 o Europa, el costo es cero. <span>&nbsp;<\/span>De hecho, en 2007, GM gast\u00f3 m\u00e1s en salud.<br \/>\nm\u00e1s cuidado que con el acero.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Controlador<br \/>\ncostes es fundamental para que nuestras grandes empresas sean competitivas en el mundo y<br \/>\npara fabricar productos aqu\u00ed en Estados Unidos. I<span>F<br \/>\nSi no fabricamos productos en Estados Unidos, no tendremos una clase media en Estados Unidos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span>Entonces,<br \/>\nSe\u00f1ora Presidenta, la reforma sanitaria no puede esperar. <span>&nbsp;<\/span>Nuestras familias necesitan ayuda con los costos desbocados.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Nuestras peque\u00f1as empresas esperan que nosotros<br \/>\nayudar a controlar los costos.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Nuestras grandes empresas<br \/>\nNecesitamos reformas para ser competitivos en el mundo y construir una econom\u00eda fuerte que<br \/>\nlevantar\u00e1 todos los barcos.<span>&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madam President, a week ago, freshmen democratic senators came to this floor to discuss as a group how our current health care system is broken and unsustainable. 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