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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: Lane3 who wrote (4666)2/20/2008 3:14:39 PM
From: Peter Dierks  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
"Gotta get common coding and digitized records. The industry can do that on its own or Congress can make them."

Medical practices are doing this on thier own. Government mandates are slowing it down.

"That will take a lot of the cost out of the system."

There is a first time for everything. I suppose it is possible that it would save medical providers money, but that has not been the experience of those I know. Like most computerization its benefits are in speed, reliability and repeatability.
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