Let's get real. Specialists are not the problem. Corporate medical care especially hospitals and specialty group practices SUPPORTED BY PRICE GOUGING CORPORATE INSURANCE companies are. For those of us on Medicare--RR?--read your periodic statements. See what the system charges, and how small a portion Medicare pays! Read the documents.
Let's get real. Specialists are not the problem. Corporate medical care especially hospitals and specialty group practices SUPPORTED BY PRICE GOUGING CORPORATE INSURANCE companies are. For those of us on Medicare--RR?--read your periodic statements. See what the system charges, and how small a portion Medicare pays! Read the documents.
With the unusual advice of a university human resources officer and our excellent certified socially responsible financial advisor, we kept our BlueCross/BlueShield of TX insurance even as I moved to a much better academic position in another state. Few have this advantage,
But the US needs to learn, and be shamed by international comparisons. As in most social issues, we are a tragic outlier. Death rates--far more than ankles--underscore this. All "developed" nations and many "undeveloped" nations have forms of universal health care. Not US. American exceptionalism. DR (haha) Rand Paul certainly wouldn't know this :) But his "friend" Tony Fauci does!
When my future wife and I moved to Canada in 1970 for graduate school (and for her to complete her BA and BEd) and take preemptive measures in face of the draft for the Vietnam invasion, we became "landed immigrants" not "resident aliens". And we immediately received free health care in Ontario, passed by the Progressive Conservative Party. We didn't spend a penny on health care, other than prescriptions for five years.
Then we returned to the US in 1975. As they say (both not in this blog), "the rest is history." It's now 2022 ....
Hi Harvey. I'm about to comment on the original post. It is useful but of course limited to conceptualize "The Problem" but here's my attempt: With physician being one of my many hats ", I see THE fundamental problem as our society having excessive trouble achieving "the greatest good for the greatest number" in far too many aspects of our life with healthcare being only one of the most notable ones. We as a society cannot seem to wrap ourselves in thought and action including voting around the idea that giving up some options, including some which we consider as "rights", such as specific health care services is often worthwhile in order to gain better ones overall such as better healthcare, for ourselves as individuals and society. More above. I always enjoy your thoughts.
Let's get real. Specialists are not the problem. Corporate medical care especially hospitals and specialty group practices SUPPORTED BY PRICE GOUGING CORPORATE INSURANCE companies are. For those of us on Medicare--RR?--read your periodic statements. See what the system charges, and how small a portion Medicare pays! Read the documents.
With the unusual advice of a university human resources officer and our excellent certified socially responsible financial advisor, we kept our BlueCross/BlueShield of TX insurance even as I moved to a much better academic position in another state. Few have this advantage,
But the US needs to learn, and be shamed by international comparisons. As in most social issues, we are a tragic outlier. Death rates--far more than ankles--underscore this. All "developed" nations and many "undeveloped" nations have forms of universal health care. Not US. American exceptionalism. DR (haha) Rand Paul certainly wouldn't know this :) But his "friend" Tony Fauci does!
When my future wife and I moved to Canada in 1970 for graduate school (and for her to complete her BA and BEd) and take preemptive measures in face of the draft for the Vietnam invasion, we became "landed immigrants" not "resident aliens". And we immediately received free health care in Ontario, passed by the Progressive Conservative Party. We didn't spend a penny on health care, other than prescriptions for five years.
Then we returned to the US in 1975. As they say (both not in this blog), "the rest is history." It's now 2022 ....
Hi Harvey. I'm about to comment on the original post. It is useful but of course limited to conceptualize "The Problem" but here's my attempt: With physician being one of my many hats ", I see THE fundamental problem as our society having excessive trouble achieving "the greatest good for the greatest number" in far too many aspects of our life with healthcare being only one of the most notable ones. We as a society cannot seem to wrap ourselves in thought and action including voting around the idea that giving up some options, including some which we consider as "rights", such as specific health care services is often worthwhile in order to gain better ones overall such as better healthcare, for ourselves as individuals and society. More above. I always enjoy your thoughts.