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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: Brumar89 who wrote (4617)	2/19/2008 9:36:42 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) of 42652

"I'm thinking some non-emergency cases would have to be turned away at the door to keep them out or ER's." There are only a few ways of reducing costs in a Socialized Medical system. You can provide less medical care. You can deliver less expensive medical care. You can ration medical care. Britain has begun rationing it according to many reports I have read. They also pay their doctors significantly less. Removing non critical patients from ERs is going to require more than just a shift in who is reimbursing for services. It will require changes in laws and or ethos. Right now there are many free medical clinics available to the people who choose to waste resources in ERs; often there are clinics available with odd hours in addition to standard hours. Some times it is their only option, but often they make a choice to not use more efficient care delivery systems. If the laws were tweaked just a little to allow ERs to decline care to non critical patients it might change costs in Hospitals. It appears to me at this time that is would lower medical expenditures.

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