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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (4665)	2/20/2008 8:43:06 AM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 42652

Thanks for the link. There are a lot of urgent care facilities in my area. I've used them, although not recently. I see Minute Clinic is well represented, too. Good to know.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (4665)	2/20/2008 3:11:18 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Respond to of 42652

"ER's are definitely not ones only option." Under current rules they seem to be required to accept even on payers as patients. Fixing the problem will require a level playing field. We have Doc In The Boxes around here too. So far I have not seen that brand but maybe I wasn't looking. As long as people are allowed to choose not to pay for medical care and some providers are required to provide it, there will be a free rider problem. There has always been a certain amount of charity and my favorite hospital has a free clinic with convenient hours including weekday, evenings and weekends. There are still people who choose to use the ER instead. Some people believe their employes provide free medical insurance, and those are the very ones that seem to think everyone should get it free. The President's proposal to tax employer provided coverage would go a ways towards leveling the playing field.