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Politics : Bush Administration's Media Manipulation--MediaGate? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (4986)	9/14/2005 12:44:48 PM
From: Skywatcher	Respond to of 9838

yeah...it's right up at the top of the FRIST and BUSH agenda CC

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (4986)	9/14/2005 9:28:57 PM
From: 10K a day	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9838

>Something must be done....healthcare costs are out of control. As long as we have 3rd party administrators making health care decisions the system is BROKE. I like the idea of Govt providing catastrophic coverage in most cases for severe trauma and catastrophic illness. I like the idea of issueing health care debit cards for people (FOR EXAMPLE) the first 2000.00 of medical care they receive and anything over that they have to pay a certain percentage each year. You could spend it on prevention, fitness, diet, physical therapy, chiropractic, whatever u need to make your life better. You could spend it on drugs if you like to risk your liver and kidneys or if you believe what the drug companys tell u as a better life through chemicals. (i hate drugs as an aside) If people knew they had 2000.00 (in debit card/yr) to take care of basic health problems up to a certain point they would prob do what they needed to do to take care of themselves. The Insurance companies and regulative RED TAPE/bureaucracy is a MAJOR PART OF THE HEALTH CARE COSTS. California just did a HUGE Workers' Compensation overhall. I think one positive thing that came from it is a reduction in the long term lawsuits of some really chronic cases that the state compensation tried to settle on. I think that's positive. But the answer is not in Cracking down on the administrative side of health care. that is not the answer. HEALTH care bureaucracy is a HUGE PROBLEM. The insurance co's are the problem.