"Socialized Medicine" will RAPIDLY devolve America into a "Third-World Nation," & our current "Non-Payment System" is about to Rapidly Bankrupt our Docs & Hospitals.
Plain Fact.
Our Docs, Nurses, EMT's, Hospitals, ER's, Medical Research Facilities, etc., ALL are the BEST our Culture has Produced!--We Have the BEST Medical Care the World Has EVER KNOWN!!
"IT AIN'T CHEAP!!"-------------------- "SO WHAT!!!"
The "Problem" is actually "simple;" a couple of years ago, I gave "Flu Shots" (which I Bought from the Suppliers @~$7.50/ dose)! I used to charge $ 15/dose.
Factoring in Supplies (Syringe, etc.) I "Profitted" ~ $1/ dose!
Since "Insurance" has MANDATED "Payment" for the "Flu Shot," I LOSE~$!.75 for EACH DOSE of the FLUVAX I Give!! I see 25-40 patients/day! Many of them need medications which their "Insurance Companies" refuse to "Cover!!" At least 10% of the people I Care for is "Gratis!!" NO "Business" can survive at the level of "payment" (less than 50% ) MANDATED by current "Law!"
In a Country as wealthy as ours, NO ONE should get "Second Class Medical Care!!"
But Some DO!!--because their "Insurance" is "Second Class!!"
We Don't have a "Medical Care" Problem--we have an "Insurance Coverage" problem!!
The "Insurance Industry" needs a COMPLETE OVERHAUL!!.
Consider "Medical Savings Accounts!!"
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Every doctor I know is a real estate magnate...accumulating money and power (over tenants) with their excessive charges.
" We Don't have a "Medical Care" Problem--we have an "Insurance Coverage" problem!!"The current systems should not even be characterized with the work insurance. Insurance pools the money of everyone to pay for what might happen to a few. The current systems are merely prepayment plans..payment for what will happen...that's not insurance.
The current "insurance" systems should be scrapped in their entirety and we should go back to a system of pay as you go. In addition, more medical schools should be opened to add competition to the mix, then we would have true capitalism and the doctors could charge what the market would bear. We might also get an added benefit by eliminating the need for students to go to inferior foreign schools to break into the system.