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

To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (23940)	7/1/2012 11:37:22 AM
From: skinowski	3 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

That young doc whom I mentioned is not in private practice. She is a full time employee. But she has to answer to multiple layers of bosses, and has to comply with a great amount of bureaucratic demands, which take time and drain energy. She is not a happy camper. Because of the multi-layered US system, doctors spend nearly $83,000 per physician per year interacting with multiple insurance companies, compared to around $22,000 for doctors in Ontario, the study found. That's an interesting finding. There is no doubt that the US healthcare system is too complicated and too expensive - and badly needs reform. I do not believe the ACA is the answer. Hiring hundreds of thousands additional paper pusher and adding complexity will not make things better. A reform is needed, but this ain't it.