Guest guest Posted February 10, 2000 Report Share Posted February 10, 2000 Hi All- I just want to point out that whether health care dollars are lost through government bureaucracy (socialized medicine) or HMO administrators (managed care), the waste of money that could be geared towards patients is tremendous. Both systems are bad. Middlemen. Bah! I also have to add that very few go without healthcare in the U.S. regardless of what politicians would like us to believe (it is an election year). My husband is required by U.S. law to treat anyone that comes into his emergency department regardless of how minor their complaint is (his hospital frequently treats colds). He works at an academic institution, but the ritziest hospitals have to take all patients too. And believe me, the uninsured know about it. It's also a problem because insured patients now go to the doctor for things they would never have considered going for in the past. They feel that since they're insured, why suffer. Unfortunately, that makes it more difficult for people to see the doctor that really need to go. This is a multifactorial problem at the very least. The big problem is that patients don't drive healthcare anymore, the government (in countries with socialized medicine) or HMO's (managed care system) do. Patient's are no longer the people that the medical field has to please. Take care, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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