I’m not a big fan of Dick Morris, but he’s been right on the mark on this issue. It’s a doctor shortage, not an insurance problem that we are facing. I’ve been saying that for more than 10 years, and finally you are beginning to see the commentators agree with me. Unfortunately, the guys in Washington are doing absolutely nothing about it. In fact, they have done everything they can get away with in the effort to reduce the number of doctors. They realize that if we fix the problem without socializing the healthcare system, then there will be no need to socialize the healthcare system, so they have done everything they can to prevent the problem from being solved short of that.
Bingo! I have been screaming this too: The “health care” problem is primarily a supply and demand problem, exacerbated by the gov’t injecting itself and it’s money into the picture. To the extent that tort reform and some other measures could free up medical personnel a little, to do more real “care”, one can chip away at the edges a bit. But the bulk of the problem is NOT being addressed in Washington, largely for the reasons you say, at least when it comes to the libs.
To the person who mentioned RN’s (etc.) taking up the slack, I would remind them that there is a projected shortage of 1 MILLION nurses by 2020. I can’t remember where I read that (might have been a link from Walter Williams site, but for the life of me I can’t find it!)
Bingo! I have been screaming this too: The “health care” problem is primarily a supply and demand problem, exacerbated by the gov’t injecting itself and it’s money into the picture. To the extent that tort reform and some other measures could free up medical personnel a little, to do more real “care”, one can chip away at the edges a bit. But the bulk of the problem is NOT being addressed in Washington, largely for the reasons you say, at least when it comes to the libs.
To the person who mentioned RN’s (etc.) taking up the slack, I would remind them that there is a projected shortage of 1 MILLION nurses by 2020. I can’t remember where I read that (might have been a link from Walter Williams site, but for the life of me I can’t find it!)