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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (2908)	11/15/2007 9:53:43 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) of 42652

You're correct about the information logjam needing to be unjammed. The impetus towards improved technology in the medical system doesn't come from government run hospitals, of which we already have quite a few. The big money comes from private industry, wanting to be more efficient and make a bigger profit. They're willing to spend money to make money. I've used technology in my own service industry (law) since 1983, when we still used Unix. Lawyers and doctors have the money to pay for newer, better technology. My husband, who's a government bureaucrat (USPTO) can only relate horror stories, years and years of horror stories, until technology became so good and so cheap it was a no-brainer even for the government. I wish I could introduce you to the brother in law who's an administrator at a government hospital, too. Sure, he'd love to have more money to hire more nurses and buy more equipment, but he'd never tell you that he's able to give improved service for less money than the private sector. It's just not so. The people willing to work for lower pay are not the best people. Eliminate competition and all you've done is lower the common denominator.

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