1. Elective surgery should remain… elective. Not covered. You can purchase outside insurance for that.
a. Roe vs. Wade is still in effect. However, some regulation should be in place. Perhaps… first one’s free, after that you have to pay it in full? To avoid being used as birth control.
2. Universal Healthcare should cover:
a. Well-person visits 2x year
b. All vaccinations
c. Emergency services
d. Specialists with referral from PCP
e. Dental check ups
i. Surgeries covered if necessary
ii. Braces for function okay, for looks, not covered
f. Surgeries in general covered
3. In order for this to happen:
a.Hospitals have far larger overheads than you realize.
i. Equipment and medicine: Medical equipment is far more costly than necessary, and pharmaceutical companies should NEVER have been allowed to be for profit. Their costs are astronomical and affect every aspect of healthcare.
1.See prescription coverage costs to pts. as well.
ii. Wages: Doctors get paid too much.
1.However… malpractice insurance is sky high.
a. More penalties for frivolous suits!!
b. More internal discipline for shoddy doctors!
c. Better QA to avoid this shit in the first place.
2.Cost of schooling is ridiculousa. College costs in general are prohibitive. System needs overhauling.
b. Perhaps consider free tuition for primary care physicians/PAs. Major shortage.
iii. Emergency Services1.While they should be available to all, being available to all is a huge cost to hospitals, and is the biggest reason they are so often in the red.
iv. That being said, I doubt their CEOs need high 6-figure salaries either.
b. We need to address our own sense of entitlement.i. Americans don’t like to wait… for anything. From the basic check up to the more urgent trauma, we wouldn’t like to wait any more than we already do.
ii. Paying taxes for UHC is similar to the police idea, and providing preventative care cuts down on overall costs of managing diseases.
4. Cyn, I swear to god, if I hear that fricking argument from you ever again, I will come down to your apt. and smack you. Let me know when you’re a farm worker who clearly has no company to provide health insurance, or when you’re anything other than a man with opportunities to work jobs that provide insurance for you. It’s a lot cheaper to provide insurance that it is clean up the mess caused by not having it.
That is a specious bullshit argument that just lets people feel superior rather than addressing the underlying issues – like the fact that our society is ill-equipped for people who aren’t middle class.
That's all... for now.