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Originally Posted by John D Harris
I didn't say there wasn't a need for Health care reform, just not this turkey.
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There's a saying about letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. Legislation is compromise. Not doing anything is the worst thing here.
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1) remove the prexisting conditions crap
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This "turkey" does that. In fact it does it first and foremost, and that's one part that hasn't been up for much debate.
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2) Tort reform, (Texas has tort reform and the lowest health costs in the nation)
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I have mixed feelings on this one. Capping tort claims means that the people who are the most egregiously injured by botched operations are the ones who pay the price.
There are better options.
- First off, doctors could quit screwing up. I mean, this actually is an option. If ignernt-assed hospitals didn't require 18 and 24 hour shifts of their residents, it would help. The whole system is set up to make their job much higher stress than it should be.
- Doctors and patients should be allowed to enter into an agreement and mutually buy insurance policies to protect patients going into surgery in the event of mishaps. These would be specific policies just for the specific surgeries/procedures. This would certainly be a cheaper alternative than the crazy medmal premiums.
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3)Health care providers can't charge cash customers one penny more then they will except from an insurance company. which is usually 50 cents on the dollar, or discriminate against Cash customers. You take care of those things and you will take care of the majority of true problems in health care.
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I wish. I just bought some antibiotics for my son. He has an ear infection and resisted a round of amoxocillin. So we had to step up to the next whatever pill they go to. The meds were $49. I handed him my copay card. All my meds cost me either $7 (generic) or $15 (name brand). $7 for this generic drug. 1/7th the cost to someone with no insurance. Ridiculous. I'm in favor of very strict price controls like Canada has on drugs -- it's not like the drug companies don't sell their wares in Canada, they do. So they obviously would sell for less if they were forced.