(Snippets from the frontline)
Rough draft of a new US healthcare plan
-Everyone will be insured.
-Coverage throughout the US.
-Freedom to choose your doctor and hospital.
-No pre-existing condition exclusions.
-Legislators must live under the same healthcare laws as their constituents.
-Everyone will carry a secured healthcare card to insure identity, and
computerization will be uniform so encrypted medical records can easily
be accessed anywhere in the country.
–New immigrants need to show they are paying taxes to be eligible.
-Doctors will be paid with a swipe of the card, and payments
standardized based on population served.
-Malpractice claims will be removed from the court system and a peer/citizen panel
developed to evaluate poor outcomes.
-Medication will be generic, but everyone has equal ability to receive new or
experimental drugs.
-Dental care, glasses, and hearing aids will be provided.
-Increase the primary care physician workforce by fast-tracking qualified nurses, PAs, and NPs toward MD degrees.
It can be partially financed by eliminating fraud (over $80 billion in Medicare alone) and money going into profiteer pockets, while guided by honest economists.
If patients or providers cheat, they go to jail.
Don’t let politicians or special interest decide this for us.
Other countries do it, why can’t we?
Gene Uzawa Dorio, M.D.
I hate to tell you but Healthcare isn’t a game of monopoly! This is not a laughing matter to the millions in the U.S.A. who need short and long term care with treatment including prescriptions, surgeries, maintenance etc.. who cannot afford it and it doesn’t matter who you are or what nationality you are or if you are here illegal or legal. It may be draft of a joke to you but not funny at all!!! There are people who are in dire need of medical help at all ages and nationalities and can’t get it because they can’t afford it, so millions have to suffer and do without.
Glad you mentioned that this is a ROUGH draft. The devil will be in the details!