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At this time I am totally opposed to universal health care. I pay nearly $1.5k/month to pay for prescriptions and procedures that medicare doesn't cover for our parents, so I'm not unsympathetic to the problem. IMHO, most of the problems with our existing system is stupid laws and bureaucracy. Inserting more bureacracy between a patient and doctor does nothing but increase costs. Heck, a bunch of the bureacracy exists specifically to DENY coverage to patients. I'd bet that 50 cents out of every health care dollar goes to bureaucrats who do NOTHING to help patients. Adding more bureaucracy, whether in the form of government or HMOs, will only make things worse. Why is it in commerce it is well understood that middlemen add to retail costs, but when it comes to health care that principle no longer applies?
And then there are the ridiculous laws, like not allowing medicare patients to directly pay doctors for care or forcing self-sufficient seniors into the medicare system. I think government and insurance providers together are the cause of our health care problems and sure aren't the cure. Here in the NW we get lots of Canadian patients who cross the border to get care. That's hardly a system I'd like to see emulated here.
Now, back to tractors...
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I have no doubt we can design a more economical and healthful system, but I'd bet the farm that in this political and legal climate there is no way it will be properly implemented. Look at what government has done with the tax system! If private companies are creating a bureaucracy that is out of control I can't see government doing it more efficiently. They would probably take over existing insurers and add their own layer on top of them.
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I think Tom is exactly right.
For a long time I've thought that people should have greater control over their own medication. Most of the time you go to a doctor and they see you for two minutes and write a prescription. My wife takes many prescriptions for migraines and various other ailments. I think she knows more about those prescriptions, their contraindications, and drug interactions between them than her doctors. Several times she has caught the doctor prescribing a new med that has negative side effects when used with something she is already taking. With todays technology many common ailments should be treatable without seeing a doctor. Go to a web site, answer some questions about symptoms and general health and the meds you might be taking, get a diagnosis and treatment plan, then go to a pharmacy to buy some meds. Sure, it won't work with everyone but I think it would help reduce the load on the system and give people more control over their own treatment. This is something the government could do to reduce health care costs.
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