In retrospect, looking at what our famous government runs at present like United States Postal Service, Medicare, Social Security, and so on. I think its safe to say they don’t have a successful track record at running anything with a balanced budget. In fact the mentality is “spend or our budget will be lowered”. So they spend and ask for more.
The best idea then, would be to keep Government out of the business of health care, and anything else that has to do with trying to balance a budget. The private health care industry has already created one of the best health care systems in the world.
I believe with a few adjustments and some fundamental changes, we could have one of the most cost effective health care systems in the world also. Our Government however, has a reputation of continued spending with no restraint.
For example, malpractice, I've even heard one individual whom I can’t recall his name, state that the lawyers are untouchable, or nobody wants to go up against them. I believe it is a must in order to control health care costs. I also do believe when a patient is wronged, they should be taken care of, whether care or remuneration, but fairly for all sides, instead of these huge settlements in the millions, just so the legal council can get a bigger cut.
Another area is when doctors who for the sake of protecting themselves from malpractice, order a great number of procedures and tests that if they were just allowed to do their jobs, healing people, wouldn’t be required. However I do believe there needs to be accountability on all sides too, this of course is a must.
Just these two points in my opinion could cut the cost of health care in the US by 30-40%. What if we looked at the hospitals, or other services connected to the health care system? How much more savings?
Bill Collier
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