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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Cage Rattler who wrote (961)	9/27/2000 8:23:55 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 10042

In the future I see interlinked non-emergency, diagnostic screening and referral centers. Well, I don't see any problem with this. In fact, I kinda figure that is where the average family clinic falls into the system since they normally refer people to specialists anyway when the level of care needed is beyond their ability.. But people still want a family doctor Theodore..... There's something "safe" about having the same doctor handling everyone in the family. So much of medicine is interpersonal that I sometimes suspect that a measure of accountability may be sacrificed. I do not think this assembly line style of health care is not going to cut it with the American people. Call us spoiled, call us temperamental, but we want choice and not some govt directed program.... It's not an easy question to answer... but putting the govt in charge of managing and doling out healthcare is not the place to start... But my point about malpractice insurance costs being so high is that small practices find they can't afford to pay the premiums, so they close up shop and hire on with an HMO where their premiums are paid. But personally, I do see the need for a diagnostic and non-emergency treatment system that permits experienced physicians to spend more time with those in more need than someone coming for a prescription for a cold... So much time is taken up in our healthcare system just in being forced to see a doctor merely to obtain prescriptions for the same sickness you may have had the previous year. And I agree that automated diagnostic systems will go far to making the latest information available to one and all, so that in the future there should be less reason for a misdiagnosis. Regards, Ron