- Increase primary care physicians
- Change malpractice to health courts
- Decrease government mandated overhead
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I’d be interested to know why any of those would save a dollar in costs, other than simply the good doctor’s assertion that it is the case (which is reminiscent of Obama’s belief that simply because he says things won’t cost more, they won’t). And if they would save money, just how much and how did the good doctor arrive at that figure?
The only way to truly save money in healthcare is to make the consumer the direct payor, and force the providers to compete on quality and cost. That’s not going to happen.
In private practice, private/business insurance plans and paperwork far outweigh those from government systems like Medicare, Medicaid & VA.
Without payment system reform, more PCP (payment scale dictated by insurance companies) and malpractice policy (also dictated by insurance companies) would be of little avail.
Payment system reform is the key for making primary care financially viable and malpractice insurance premium within reasonable boundary.
Matt,
Making the consumer directly responsible only works if we as a culture are willing to let people “suffer” for their poor decision.
thats not likely to happen so the logic is flawed. (personally I think that direct responsibility would be ideal, but again….)
If people are directly responsible for their healthcare they generally will not do preventiative heath. which leads to worsening illness and of course big bills that we all pay when they finally show up at the ER demanding to be fixed.
alas…. more primary care absolutely saves money.