But what you say about the ER is one of the big points in this. The ER should be able to bounce a case of the sniffles to the free community clinic at the triage point. This is what I am speaking about when I say the lawyers are the bigger problem in healthcare. They can't do it now for fear of being sued. In and around Philadelphia where I live, all of the hospitals have a clinic in them, but you need an appointment and I can take a few weeks to see a specialist. For too many people it is too easy to just walk into the ER and see a doctor that day. Why should the triage nurse or PA not be able to say to them " not an emergency, call the clinic and make an appointment".
And does anyone truly believe that just because everyone will end up with "free" healthcare, people are not going to still go to the ER with boo boos any way because it is easier and closer? Those who abuse the system now will still do it in the future too.
As far as the Cigna case, what is the difference between the Cigna aministrators and lawyers and the ones the feds will get? The ones for Cigna had enough brains to get a private sector job. Can you also truly tell me that this program will be better than the VA or medicare? Greed or ineptness, it does not matter. One will answer to God the other to a pencil pusher in DC, either way the patient still suffers.
Just because it is bigger doesn't mean better.
Re: Health Care In America
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