Anonymous
Healthcare in the U.S. suffers more from delivery to those who need it than our capacity to provide high quality medicine. Among the major problems is the having insurance companies in the supply line. Their major operation is to generate high profits for their investors. That is why they are in business. They generally deny payment on first application, then minimize their liability with the result that they include about a 25% overhead cost in their operations. Doctors must employ people just to handle the paperwork, which is generally different for each provider. I believe theses are unnecessary costs.
Therefore, I favor a single payer system, uniform descriptors for the medical procedure, and a not-for-profit operator of the system. I am not afraid of our government as the operator. Medicare and Social Security seem to operate all right. My requirement on governmental operation is that incompetent and/or unresponsive workers be easily fired. The businesses who profit from the present health system will certainly oppose any change which reduces or eliminates their access to their present income producing operations. They will invoke "socialized medicine", imply long waits for medical attention, develop horror stories in reference to other country's experiences, etc.
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