Geeze, do you know how long it takes to educate doctors? Many doctors here are opting out of Medicare and will not see the Medicare patients because of the socialism in medicare.
No, we want all citizen to have health care. There are already programs for the poor. Like I said, Obama told us that he would not be able to insure ALL of the uninsured. He also said the Canadian Health care would not work in the US. Of course who knows what he will say next week.
Yes, there need to be changes in our health care system, no one disagrees with that, but not Socialized medicine and the general public is agreeing with me. Obama = a one term president.
There are ways to cut down on doctor's visits and specialist's visits. For example, community health centers.
Let's say a person has a sore arm or a cut. They can visit a center and see a nurse. Maybe she knows what the problem is or can bandage the wound. If not, she recommends seeing a doctor or going to a hospital.
Some government programs work like that. Another example is one is required to visit a family doctor to get a referral to visit a specialist.
In my case I required strong pain medication after an accident. What experience does the average doctor have when it comes to pain? So, my family doctor referred me to a pain specialist.
The specialist deals, day in and day out, with pain patients. They can tell if one is simply after drugs or is in legitimate pain. Less than ten minutes in his office and his instructions are simple. He hands me a container of pills and instructs me to take one pill. Wait a certain period of time. If the pain doesn't go away take two pills for the next dose. Continue increasing the dosage until the pain has gone. Return to my family doctor and tell him how many pills I require. Then my family doctor writes out the necessary prescription.
Checks, balances and efficiency.
And all free. Well, except for the medication of which a large portion was covered by the government prescription plan.
Also, all the pharmacies are connected to a central system so as soon as a prescription is filled one can not go to another drug store with a counterfeit prescription and get more meds which helps deal with the problem of illegal drug distribution.
It's natural it's going to take time to get everyone insured or a universal plan in place but one has to start somewhere and the start has to be of such intensity so as not to be reversed on political whim.
Every industrialized country has a medical plan. Surely that must tell the people something.
, they'll be out the door quicker than a long tailed cat escaping a room full of rocking chairs. AHAHAHAHAHA