11-09-2009, 01:59 PM
The Antagonist Wrote:What needs to be done is insurance reform.That's a smart idea... I'd go for it.
We also already have a gov't run health care system - it's called Medicaid.
Why can't they clean the shit and corruption out of that, make it so anyone who wants to buy into the govt' plan can do so on a sliding scale (according to income) basis? This will put money INTO the system which in turn has more money to give to the doctors and hospitals which will in turn make it a bit more appealing for doctors to accept the Medicaid.
I guess the thing is, that right now, when a person without medical insurance has an emergency, they head into ER and have to get taken care of anyway. They get sent a huge bill, which they never pay. They hospital eats the cost, everyone else's medical costs go up.
A solution like that would probably work though. I don't know why it has to be so damned complicated.