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I'm 100% for letting people cross state lines to puchase health insurance. I think it would cause healthy competition among insurance companies and thus lower rates.
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We have that. willis Caroon serves us well
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support continuing to increase the number of nurse practicioners for minor ailments and things that shouldn't require a M.D.'s time. It'll be cheaper and cause less wait times in doctor's offices.
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Already have that. We have mid wifery in many states and I remember several classmates were among the first P.A's in america. One isd retiring from the VA. He is doing what most docs do. Don't need to fix that'
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I think we should explore allowing pharmacists to write some prescriptions for minor or re-occuring health issues. Britain allows it under some circumstances. It would have to be regulated to not allow narcotics and powerful drugs to be included, but if a person has a upper respiratory infection with fever why should they have to go to a doctor for prescription cough syrup?
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No way. We have too many drug errors and drug info to deal with. Unless you want to increase the death rates. Even Pharm D's in my family aren't clamoring for writing scripts.
P.T's maybe. Lot's of things P.T's do if they act as sports trainers but can't do if there is insurance involved.
I support the federal gov't creating a public option that would compete with greedy insurance companies and cause them to actually compete on a level playing field.
Cut the drama Mike. Insurance companies greedy? Life insurance maybe. Sales comissions and net profit percentages are higher at Tyson meats than at a health insurance carrier. Your general business education is lacking like your medical education.
32% of health care costs are administrative overhead. Obama doesn't know that dr Offices are loaded with clerks, billings, and handlers and that will double with federal Medicine. How about 95 billion dollars to manage a health care cube farm near Washington d. c.
Mike Aetna now does many medicare plans for several states. Perot does It and processing for the Federal Government and health care,. The smae people will get more work. Costs will go up.
By the way, Aetna runs fraud software programs on it's oown products to check that men aren't getting hysterectomies on their bill etc or getting the 5th inguinal hernia repair. Medicare asks them to not run the fraud software on their accounts. go figure. So much you don't know on the inside mike.
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That will be 100 billion dollars and it will fatten GE and Intel. It is already cooking. It may add 300 billion to convert and integrate the systems
When the Federallies automate, the cost over runs are scary every time. Cerner and some regional one stop shops may integrate and get some business. Democrats want it but all privacy will be gone. All the stupid things people do will have to be on record.
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