However, there's a nugget of a decent idea in this....90% of (for instance) elder care, doesn't need to have a doc holding everyone's hand. A PA or nurse can handle it, easily.
Same with scratchy throats and runny noses. Kid doesn't need a trip to the ER, just needs someone that knows what they're doing to look in their ears and prescribe an antibiotic.
That's the thing I hate the most about the current healthcare bill. 98% is utter crap. 2% of it might actually do some good. But....rather than "tweaking" the HealthCare system with the good 2%....we need to swallow the whole damned thing. Stupid.
...see my post #54
Anyone remember the case in [Ohio I think] earlier in the year regarding some 15 year old with cancer?
Some do gooder judge decided the state knew what this “child” needed more than the teenager or their parents.
What happens under the collectivist system? What happens under this utopian system where the well meaning, all knowing bureacrats dictate to the doctor what procedure works best based on some flow chart?
Will we be allowed to choose alternative treatments, even if paid for out of pocket? One could make the logical case, under this deranged social agreement, that a failed alternative treatment will cost the collective more money. Therefore, it would be immoral to allow such treatments.
Another thing: How can the legislature and executive pass a law that bans the judiciary from review? That seems patently unconstitutional.
Final thought: Private practice doctors need to form a “union” now. If they were smart they would have a sick-in (excluding ER doctors) sometime soon. Wonder how many soccer moms would freak out if they couldn’t get to the pediatrician on 30 minutes notice.