Texas Proud
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Martha,
When one side of the debate is not really interested in 'reform', but just wants to move to a single payer system... it is kind of hard to compromise...
I think there are many good ideas out there to get health care costs down... one would be to have a list of 'standards' to follow... we are basically machines that need to be fixed... just like a car... they have a standard schedule for fixing my car, why not for fixing me?
Another (which I know a lot of stuff will fly at me on this)... stop spending so much (insurance) money at the end of life!!! This costs are huge for some (most?)... (I added insurance since I do not have a problem with someone spending their own money if they wish)...
Also, stop spending a lot of money on brain dead people... I remember a story (I think it was on this forum) where a welfare mom had a hospital keep her child on machines for a year or more.... costing millions... she came to see her baby... and we paid for it...
There are many more big drains... one of them is the high cost of keeping some people alive.. if your medicine is costing over $100,000 a year... you probably die in most of the other countries people tout.... but here, if you have insurance, you get it paid for by the plan... this might not be to many people, but I keep hearing about how much it cost to keep someone with AIDS alive...
OK.... wait.... go.....
When one side of the debate is not really interested in 'reform', but just wants to move to a single payer system... it is kind of hard to compromise...
I think there are many good ideas out there to get health care costs down... one would be to have a list of 'standards' to follow... we are basically machines that need to be fixed... just like a car... they have a standard schedule for fixing my car, why not for fixing me?
Another (which I know a lot of stuff will fly at me on this)... stop spending so much (insurance) money at the end of life!!! This costs are huge for some (most?)... (I added insurance since I do not have a problem with someone spending their own money if they wish)...
Also, stop spending a lot of money on brain dead people... I remember a story (I think it was on this forum) where a welfare mom had a hospital keep her child on machines for a year or more.... costing millions... she came to see her baby... and we paid for it...
There are many more big drains... one of them is the high cost of keeping some people alive.. if your medicine is costing over $100,000 a year... you probably die in most of the other countries people tout.... but here, if you have insurance, you get it paid for by the plan... this might not be to many people, but I keep hearing about how much it cost to keep someone with AIDS alive...
OK.... wait.... go.....