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To: Dennis O'Bell who wrote (186423)	5/10/2006 4:02:54 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Respond to of 281500

>> The VHA demonstrates that it is not an impossible dream but the deeply vested interests at work in the country make it seem so. That's what it always comes down to here, doesn't it? The interests of the few outweigh the needs of the many :(

To: Dennis O'Bell who wrote (186423)	5/10/2006 4:31:17 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Having experienced state-provided "health" services, and profit-motivated sickness services, I'd much rather deal with the profit-oriented ones. But, I would like to see the industry move from the protected medical guild "professional" system, which is anything but professional, to a business system where Roche Medical Services provides the treatment. They would then have to compete for customers, provide good services, keep customers happy [not to mention alive], ensure their brand doesn't get tainted [careless operations on the wrong side of the body or use of nitrogen instead of oxygen would taint the brand greatly, but the state systems don't worry about details like that - there are plenty more patients where the dead one came from]. Ford has a few people roll their SUVs and the brand gets BIG problems, although it's the idiots mishandling their vehicles which is the problem. Of course a high centre of gravity will mean a vehicle is likely to flip over. A friend could get his truck up on to two wheels easily and drive along the road like that. It looked hilarious. I didn't try it as I worried that I'd flop over on my side. That was in the good old days when driving was fun. The medical guild should be de-regulated to increase supply. The artificial shortage of doctors and credentialism in nursing [instead of apprenticeship] keeps costs high. It's ridiculous to teach doctors all the general stuff if they just want to be a nitrogen or Imiquimod treater of skin cancers. A 15 year old with some brains could learn to do that in a week. Anything different from the ordinary they could refer them on to a generalist with years of knowledge to figure out what is the cause and what can be done. Who could refer on to a specialist if it's something esoteric needing serious expertise in a particular realm. They could all be in one building, Mqurice's Ace Get-you-better Medical Services, without ridiculous delays and enormous costs in getting treatment. Mqurice