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Originally Posted by freeztar
I agree lawcat, but my only concern is what kind of financial burden this will create. How are we going to pay for this?
Obama has recently stated that he would like to tax the wealthy to pay for this. What are the repercussions of this, especially considering our lingering recession?
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Everyone has that concern. But I do not. It will get paid from the taxes. However, the system must be reformed.
First, insurance companies must be put out of business. They serve no purpose other than profit making. The intermediary who limits our benefits and tries to get out of coverage whenever possible, and tells the doctor what can be prescribed, must be put of his misery for our own sake. Insurance companies serve no purpose, other than their own.
Second, the approach and training to medicine must be changed, including pharmaceuticals. If we need 8 doctors, and the private hospital hires 4 to do the full job, they are doing us a diservice. Hire all 8 doctors for less. make those 8 doctors worry about health and not plans and coverages. if we need school reforms so be it. canada, Britain, France, Spain have great doctors aand are doing better and much more efficiently then we do. We spend considerably more than Japan, France, britain, Spain, Canada, and we are ranked much lower then them.
Third, we have to build hospitals and clinics.
If private hospitals and insurance companies can reap profits and spend the most money in the world on healthcare of any industrialized nations, and yet provide less, then there is money and it can be done. The government can do it. there are great models of systems that work and those can be modeled here.
