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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: TimF who wrote (7179)6/23/2009 5:59:38 PM
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His logic was that if new (and initially expensive) treatments, drugs, devices and tests don’t exist then patients can’t demand them and no one has to pay for them and technically we won’t have reduced the quality of care since people would still be able to get the treatments that are available today.

That does seem to be the logic, but it is convoluted, at best.

Innovation is the missing ingredient in all this mess. The bottom line is that if you want to save money all you have to do is stop innovating. But I've yet to hear that argument brought up by anyone asking him questions.

I'm sorry, but I just don't buy that maintaining the status quo is in any way "improving" health care.

Even though not everyone can afford the best treatments and techniques today, eventually, those become the standards of care, and by curtailing innovation we deprive everyone of those treatments.

If people want to see these kinds of cuts, fine. But they ought to at least be given the opportunity to make an informed choice.
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