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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: Don Hurst who wrote (14820)3/19/2010 12:38:16 PM
From: skinowski  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
I never said that tort reform is the big problem. It would be only the first step which may in time help us get rid of the demoralizing and expensive culture of defensive medicine. Even a drastic tort reform would have relatively limited impact for years to come. However, they are not even considering it, so there is not much to discuss - except that it is somewhat of an indication of the politician's mindset.

The curious thing is that malpractice litigators (and defenders, who cannot make a living without litigators) will end up getting thrown under the bus anyway under conditions of socialized medicine. No one told them this yet. No way the government would continue to subsidize such huge malpractice industry.

Regulators.... I am convinced that eliminating JCAH - or at least cutting it by 90% - will have just about zero impact on the quality of healthcare.

Federal, State, county health dept's? Do we need them all? Can we cut them a bit?

One of my "favorite" recent Medicare rulings is that they will not pay for treating bed sores which develop during the hospital stay (among a number of other exclusions). Ever since this was enacted, in many hospitals one can see large color photo's of patient's butts - meant to serve as proof that the sores existed prior to admission. The not funny part is that there are now great numbers of people trying to prove that those certain conditions are related to the hospital stay (and deny payment). On the other side of this divide are people whose job it is to prove that the conditions are not the hospital's fault.

Question - when all is said and done, Does this new regulation increase OR decrease the nation's healthcare bill?

That was a rhetorical question.
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