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To: Brumar89 who wrote (5127)	12/20/2003 9:15:51 AM
From: rrufff	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

It's all band-aid approach. No administration (left, right, middle) will ever tackle the real problem because of the vested interests, whether that be administrators, lawyers, doctors, inefficient hospitals and <drum roll> insurance companies. In today's world of data on a chip, there is no reason why a huge chunk of our dollars goes to shuffling papers. Any of you recently had a medical visit for a blood test? I've got a file of papers and a $1200 bill for some routine blood work. Since I have a $5000 deductible, I'm going to fight that. Would my insurance company? Of course not. The moderate and reasoned solution is to junk the whole system and come up with something that makes sense for everyone, assuring a safety net for all and punishing harshly those who make for inefficiencies, including those I mention in my first paragraph. Having taken care of a close relative in his last months, I only wonder what people do when they are in a hospital and don't have someone to speak for them. I had to be on guard 24/7 to repeat each and every medication and procedure (as well as my own uneducated, but not uninformed, recommendations) to each and every resident, intern, nurse, etc. in the best hospitals supposedly in the world. They were all very grateful. When the hospitals followed up and wanted my recommendations, they were surprised and claimed that they liked my ideas. Someone "higher up" would follow-up and get back to me, they claimed. Yeah, right! They're off to dinner with the rest of the board of directors and administrators, "making policy" over a nice lobster or two. While we debate the merits of a band-aid, the same effort would get a palm pilot for every patient, with all meds and treatments in real time, not in MD hand-writing and with the wireless capability of having it networked, maybe even a wireless XYBR wearable somewhere down the line. But what do I know? Back to the usual sniping.