So Kate Michelmann wants to reduce health care costs? Lets start with tort reform. When doctors no longer face $50k - $100k in malpractice premiums each year they’ll be better able to reduce their fees. Same for the hospitals.
Amen to that! Have you noticed that most family practitioners have stopped or limited receiving new medicare/medicaid cases?
Too much red tape, employee expense.... not to mention the medicaid cases are the ones who are most likely to sue you out of existence...
Docs I know are more willing to treat and work with "pay-as-you-go" patients who have no insurance, but don't qualify for gov't subsidized programs.