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To: JDN who wrote (674447)3/8/2005 11:02:46 AM
From: gerard mangiardi  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
I think a national health system could go a long way toward eliminating fraud and malpractice, because records of most doctors and hospitals (I think a more expensive private system will always exist) will be on the the governments computer systems and AI software could be used to weed out bad providers. Further a lot of paper work could be eliminated at well as redundant testing. Add to that the elimination of profit margins of insurers and the ability to truly negotiate with big pharma and we could cut our medical bills by about a third.



To: JDN who wrote (674447)3/8/2005 11:41:36 AM
From: willcousa  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 769670
 
My son-in-law is a healthcare consultant who was on the faculty at Johns Hopkins until moving to California. Paperwork is a tremendous, higher than 25%, part of total healthcare cost. There is no way the government, which is responsible for much of this anyhow, will reduce paperwork. Think of all the money wasted on cover-your-rear testing that is required because of the trial lawyers.


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