10 Ways to Fix Healthcare
February 22, 2008 | General
Opinions from 10 Experts
- Mend the medical schools
- Single-payer insurance
- Individual, not company, plans
- Divert the dollar to the doc
- Pay for the care of populations, not events
- Cut cost for med students
- Eliminate insurance altogether
- More health centers
- Stimulating positive-sum competition
- Keep it low-tech
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Comment by Tom February 23, 2008
Good information. But one major thing it ignores, that is TRANSPARENCY. It should be our right to know the rates of each provider (doctors, hospitals, etc) for every single procedure (CPT code). Why not force these providers publish their rates; it is inexpensive to do it online OR provide the rates to the patients before the service is rendered.
Why not we contact our elected officials to pass a bill in the congress for this simple transparency. It does not cost a dime for the Govt. Why should we beg these hospitals for their rates?
Healthcare is a total mess because everything is hidden. We absolutely need TRANSPARENCY.
Comment by Mitch May 1, 2008
Interesting list. I would probably throw out 1, 7 & 10 and add subsidies for medications, one billing standard for all insurances across the country, and a cap on malpractice awards, based on a scale of just how good or bad a physician’s record is.
Why would I throw out the ones I did? I don’t think there’s a problem with #1 except for what you mentioned in #6, #7 just isn’t going to happen in our society, and by keeping things low tech we revert back to technology that doesn’t offer as many options to sure and treat patients.