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pshrynk · 07-03-2009, 10:50 AM

I was in the AIr Force Medical Corps for eight years. Closest thing I've ever been to NH. The VAMC also has similar set-up. If a military member or dependent needed to be seen, they called the clinic and got an appointment. They were seen. If they needed a procedure, they got it. If they wanted elective stuff, they could eventually get it unlees there was a contra-indication. It worked pretty well, except for having to wear goofy uniforms every day.

Personally, I want the US to have a National Health program so that we can stop throwing away all our resources to hideously expensive "health care" that does little to prevent illness. We spend about 60% of our health care budget in two areas: Preventing lawsuits and prolonging life of those who no longer have any quality of life becasue they no longer are actually able to be cognitively aware of their world.

Yes, there are bad doctors who need to be punished for bad care, but there are other ways of doing it than driving the cost of everyone else's care through the roof. And, yes, there are people who are loved and who need care to get back to their loved ones. But those are not the peopel whom I am referencing.

They current system is severely broken and we need to fix the broken bits.

07-03-2009, 10:50 AM	#14
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	I was in the AIr Force Medical Corps for eight years. Closest thing I've ever been to NH. The VAMC also has similar set-up. If a military member or dependent needed to be seen, they called the clinic and got an appointment. They were seen. If they needed a procedure, they got it. If they wanted elective stuff, they could eventually get it unlees there was a contra-indication. It worked pretty well, except for having to wear goofy uniforms every day. Personally, I want the US to have a National Health program so that we can stop throwing away all our resources to hideously expensive "health care" that does little to prevent illness. We spend about 60% of our health care budget in two areas: Preventing lawsuits and prolonging life of those who no longer have any quality of life becasue they no longer are actually able to be cognitively aware of their world. Yes, there are bad doctors who need to be punished for bad care, but there are other ways of doing it than driving the cost of everyone else's care through the roof. And, yes, there are people who are loved and who need care to get back to their loved ones. But those are not the peopel whom I am referencing. They current system is severely broken and we need to fix the broken bits.