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In reply to the discussion: What's wrong with "healthcare" in America. . . . [View all]hunter
(38,309 posts)The larger the streams of money they control, the more they can siphon off for things like CEO pay, corporate jets, hookers, and blow.
Here's what we could do:
1) nationalize the health insurance companies, either explicitly, or by more thorough and effective regulation
2) institute a single payer system
3) implement free education for doctors, nurses, med techs and other medical professionals; pay off the student loans of those professionals working in a single payer environment.
4) pay for pharmaceutical research on safe, effective, and inexpensive medicines and devices which can be sourced from multiple manufacturers. Purchase the patents of safe, effective, and inexpensive medicines and devices developed by individuals and corporations.
We also need to open a national debate on what is, and what isn't, appropriate and effective medical care. Medicine can't fix everything. Too frequently expensive medical intervention makes things worse.