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

To: Lane3 who wrote (8830)	8/29/2009 12:53:50 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Respond to of 42652

Rationing by queue is rarely used in this country. We use different techniques. Of all the methods of rationing, I find waiting lists particularly distasteful because they are so mindless. People would do well to consider why there are waits at all as it is a key to the future of our health care. Why are there not a sufficient number of providers that one can walk in and receive relatively immediate treatment (obviously, sometimes, waits are necessary, as when you're trying a new drug or waiting on test results). I'm constantly amazed, when we put a system in for a new provider (i.e., one just opening his/her practice), how quickly the schedule fills up. Particularly for primary care providers. The day is coming when seeing a physician requires a referral from a NP or PA.