More on The Topic of Health Insurance
This is a nod to Dr. K of WebMD's "Mad About Medicine" blog. I appreciate his timely and thoughtful comments and suggest that if you are truly interested in this topic you also read his blog, which has three sequential entries on various aspects of this problem.
I realize that I presented only a passionate view that is motivated by my position as a health care provider; it makes me crazy that people can't obtain basic health care because of a lack of insurance and lack of community resources to care for the uninsured. There are many reasons that we are in the mess we're in with health insurance. My plea is that as the country with the most and best resources and the presumed ability for its citizens to influence decision-making, let us not go another year without finding a way to ensure equality of health care for all.
Laurie
I realize that I presented only a passionate view that is motivated by my position as a health care provider; it makes me crazy that people can't obtain basic health care because of a lack of insurance and lack of community resources to care for the uninsured. There are many reasons that we are in the mess we're in with health insurance. My plea is that as the country with the most and best resources and the presumed ability for its citizens to influence decision-making, let us not go another year without finding a way to ensure equality of health care for all.
Laurie
3 Comments:
Wouldn't universal health care mean, though, that Dr. A would get paid the exact same amount as Dr. B, even though Dr. A. is a much better doctor? As a timber owner, I would not be very happy if the government said, "You will receive $100 per acre for your timber, whether it's high quality or full of beetles". Don't get me wrong, we need to do something (as a transplant patient, I only get group health care or nothing - even though I could afford to pay for some kind of higher priced private coverage. No one will let me buy it).
Hi, if you look at the links I suggested and see the proposal from the Michigan congressman you'll see that he is suggesting a plan where each person will have a choice of the doctor that they see. This will keep the market balance because the better doctors will draw patients in the same way they do now. Additionally Medicare & Medicaid are working toward a pay for performance system that would likely be rolled into a national health system. While this type of payment plan has its pros and cons, it will continue to promote all providers efforts to give the best care possible.
Take care, Laurie
It makes no sense to me that (as you posted on another blog entry) while a tremendous amount of $$ is being spent on treating obesity-related issues, most insurance companies won't cover weight-reduction surgery. Sometimes I think they want us to be somewhat ill... it enhances their profit margin.
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