Controlling Health Care Costs Controlling health care costs has long been a slippery goal in America's health strategy. Marmor, Oberlander, and White, in their article The Obama Administration's Options for Controlling Health Care Costs: Hope versus Reality, state that "the United States spends more on health care than any other country." In 2006, medical utilization in the United States accounted for $2.1 trillion, or 16% of our terrible household item. Meanwhile, more than 45 million Americans are in need of welfare protection, and our welfare findings are unremarkably contrasting compared to other wealthy democracies. » The United States should consider the political barriers to adopting effective cost controls. Marmor, Oberlander, and White also suggest that "the United States has still not adopted system-wide cost controls because health care policy makes it extremely difficult to control costs." As a starting point for understanding, cost control policy is an axiom of medical economics. “There are many ways to control health care costs that should be considered. There are three obvious ways to control health care costs. In his article "How to Control Health Care Costs," Detsky emphasizes that "the first way to control health care costs would be to reduce consumption by banning health insurance so that individuals bear the cost." full costs at the time of health care delivery. A variation of this idea is catastrophe insurance, where people have high deductibles, requiring them to meet the full cost of health care up to a high maximum amount, while still maintaining coverage for exceptionally high health care expenses. high. Detsky (2012) also states: “The second approach is to simulate market forces that induce consumer discipline with middle of paper substitutes…they have their advantages and disadvantages. Oberlander states in his article that "reform plans and policies must be tested and the best plan chosen." References Detsky, A. (2012). How to control health care costs. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 27(9), 1095-1096. Marmor, T., Oberlander, J. and White, J. The Obama Administration's Options for Controlling Health Care Costs: Hope versus Reality . Annals of Internal Medicine, 485-489. Oberlander, J. (2011). Throwing Darts: Americans' Elusive Search for Health Care Cost Control. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 36(3), 477-484. Preskitt, J. (2008). Health Care Reimbursement: Clemens to Clinton. Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center), 21(1), 40-44. Schneider, C. and Hall, M. (2012). Can consumers control health care costs? Health Economics and Policy Forum, 15(3), 1-52.