I don't expect anything to come out of Health Care reform but more taxes and less care.
My mom basically had her Job changed this year because of one provision in new Medicare rules that says Nurse Practitioners cannot do nuclear heart test anymore. The test save lives, the advancements in heart failure care are unmistakable. Because of people like my mother doing the test the Doctors focus more on the patient, and with more information in hand to do so. When they talk about cutting waste and fraud, her job is what they consider waste. Yet look at them today with nice little name plaques that cost who knows how much to produce. We don't need a mandate from the Libs to cut waste and fraud it's already illegal, the action to take is to enforce existing laws not make new ones that cost huge sums to first study then implement. We already have Public sector hacks being paid to do this job.
My simple mind thinks there would be a much bigger change in Healthcare and Insurance if the Gov. came up with something simple like: "We are investing in cancer treatment with all avenues to do so to be used, the commitment we as the Fed Gov. are making to our country is this: If you get cancer, you are taken care of under this plan 100% whatever a doctor recommends can help you we will fund. No more people losing coverage half way through treatment, or pawning their belongings or emptying college funds to pay for care their insurance company won't provide. Knowing cancer treatment is one of the most expensive sectors of Healthcare we are taking that burden away from the consumer via rate hikes, and off the hospitals backs via probono care.
Just think of all the money that could be better spent if it was spent on actual targeted care to improve American life and get closer to beating cancer. We already have gov doctors and scientist researching this, we already have money that gets written off books for free care that is given (the funding and model exists already) Without a gaurentee to the Citizens and the Industry that such a sector will no longer be a burden via cost and debt, I feel we would accelerate cancer treatment as was done with polio..
Now I'm an not saying all the care would be Gov employees I'm saying the bills would be paid by this program. Take it out of medicare, take it out of tax breaks, take it out of funding to these fed agencies by switching priorities.
With this we could look at it again after a 5-10 yr period and really see what the true individual needs to be paying for insurance and care.
Sometimes it is as simple as taking on just one problem, especially when it is the most expensive and common problem with people being denied care.
