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How do Reduce Costs in Healthcare System?
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Date: June 21st, 2012 3:57 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 4:09 PM
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Date: June 21st, 2012 4:25 PM PCPs make WAY too much money for very little work. I went to a new doc w/o my insurance card one time, so I had to submit the final bill to my insurance provider later. So I got the actual "uninsured dood" bill. Bill was over $100 for a 15 minute meeting where the doc LITERALLY just wrote me a three-month refill on blood pressure medication. Not even 15minutes with doc. 5 mins of getting weighed by a nurse, having bp taken, etc; 5 minutes of sitting in cold room alone; 5 minutes of doctor saying 'hi bye here's your script' Reminder: PCPs are, on average, REALLY FUCKING DUMB. Like barely made it into med school, barely passed classes, couldn't get even a remotely decent residency, etc. It's like a Cooley Law grad billing $400/hr to spellcheck your pro se petition. |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 4:31 PM
Specialist/surgeon rates are absurd, even w/ insurance. |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 5:42 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 5:34 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 4:18 PM Encourage catastrophic policies. Introduced sensible market based reforms that introduce competition (e.g. end absurd prohibitions on selling insurance across state lines) |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 4:28 PM
- President Romney |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 4:29 PM
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2012/05/01/georgia-cross-state-health-insurance-sales-law-a-major-bust/ |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 4:33 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 4:37 PM nix malpractice lawyers nix rent seeking medical professionals nix new innovative practices that cost 10x more than old ones but are only 1% better nix intensive end of life care, if 100,000 isn't going to save you, you're done unless you can pay out of pocket nix health insurance if you swallow more than some amount of fat per year or if you exercise less than 4 days a week |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 5:04 PM
No extraordinary care over 80
No medmal damages possible
Lifetime cap of 150k
Single payer system
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Date: June 21st, 2012 5:20 PM
fixed. |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 5:44 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 5:35 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 5:46 PM Increase supply of nurses. Increase the amount of work nurses can do. $100k yearly caps on people 80 or older. |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 5:47 PM
if you want extra high tech shit you have to pay out of pocket
if you want life extending type care after age 85 you have to pay out of pocket
open more med schools; lower standards; train more nurses; negotiate for lower prescription drug prices; make med mal best practices safe harbors; disincentive docs from elective practices somehow
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Date: June 21st, 2012 5:49 PM Stop regulating nurses out of jobs to protect doctors. Stop subsidizing medical schools. Require public posting of rates for services. |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 5:51 PM
The desired effect would be that health care consumers would actually know how much their care costs and would be more selective. Hopefully this would encourage competition and innovation, while not subjecting everyone with a major medical problem to bankruptcy. |