Rustic
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Na, not really.Like I said, Socialized medicine should be an “opt in”.Fine. Obama didn't want a mandate anyway. But obviously we have to go 2 big cost-cutting... The cost of healthcare here is ridiculous. That is the problem with Obamacare.You can keep your socialized medicine, leave the rest of us out of it.Why do you have no choice but to use the VA medical?
We have a shortage of Civilian Doctors accepting Medicare patients. It appears that quite a few figured out a way to make extra money by forming Medical Clubs where you pay X amount of Dollars to join the club and then they will take care of you. If you can't afford to join the club, you will get substandard care. What some of the Doctors are doing is freezing out the HMOs that way by making their own HMOs. With the shortage of GPs that accept new Medicare Patients, many are left to go to clinics that are just one step above a Veterinarian Clinic. In fact, some Vet Clinics are better. I am one of the lucky few that have the option to be able to use the VA Hospital for in and out patient care as well as long term and medicine.
Since the Civilian Care is so poor, the VA has opened it's doors to us. Without it, we would be in dire straits. They don't have to. Actually, they do but they can handle us in a space A type way. WE end up using the VA for Universal Health Care and it works well.
The VA is very cost conscience. The Doctors and staff make less than the Civilian Hospitals. Have more employment rules. The VA support staff is generally short handed but the folks they have are aces. There is no long waiting. You get in and out fast, get the help you need and the medicine and you are out the door. Unlike the Civilian Counterpart where you will spend hours on one visit. If the VA doesn't have the specialtist you need, they will refer you to a civilian specialtist who will also be prompt and get you in and out in a timely manner. The Civilian Sector could learn a whole hell of a lot from the VA in cutting costs, time management and other things. I would like to see the VA boilerplate used in Civilian Medicine. Instead, the Civilian Medical Community keeps trying to break the VA down to their own way of doing things. Not on my watch.
It does not require our participation.
It’s only fair to have socialized medicine as an “opt in”, for those that want it... the rest of us want nothing to do with it.
It does not require our participation that want nothing to do with it
Actually, you have it backward. It should be an Opt Out. Using Denmark as the yardstick, they have Universal Health Care. They pay half of what we pay in the US and get top knotch health care and medicine. There is NO bill given. Not one dime is asked for. If you are visiting Denmark and need medical care, they take care of you and don't charge you a dime even though you aren't even a citizen. There are people that come from other countries to use those health facilities. And when you figure the cost, it's half of what we pay here in the United States using a private system. This is also how the VA works and always has since it was consieved. It looks like the Dutch borrowed from the VA system and used it for their own. So don't tell me that it doesn't work.
What makes it work is the bulk buying of everything from equipment to medicine. The Medical Community wants to see this but the Pharmacutical and Suppliers don't. And the Insurance Companies and HMOs don't want it either. You see, they would be gone completely and the cost savings would be passed on the to public. In otherwords, put the Medicine back into the Doctors hands and send the leaches packing. But the Lobbyists are purchasing the Congress Critters who aren't working for us anymore and having for a very long time.
Any socialize medicine should be an “opt in” no one should be forced into shit they want nothing to do with.
Me, and millions just like me and want nothing to do with an “collective”