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Politics : President Barack Obama

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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (103548)10/27/2011 3:58:46 PM
From: koan  Read Replies (2) of 149317
 
Health care is also way too expensive. We all agree, I think that we need affordable universal health. Several thiings can be done.

1) Build more medical schools. There are thousands of qualified kids who want to go to medical school, but can't get in or pay for it. Have government spnsered schools or loans and let the kids pay it back with reduced salaries for a few years.

2) Not see medicine as a commodity, but rather as something a society needs and addresses it accordingly.

3) Allow medicare to negotiate drug prices and imports from Canada.

All other western democracies have figured it out. Only we don't have universal health care, so I guess we are the stupid one. And we really need a public option.

I have millions in health care for life, so I am fine. But I checked into getting a colonoscopy and they wanted $4,000. That procedure should only be a couple of hundred. so I passed on it.

And docs will take less from medicare contrary to what the right wing claims. They like medicare as they get paid! In my town they all just write off the difference between medicare and their costs.
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