Doug Kanter wrote:

"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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The costs are high. So what do we do about it?

Dave


You won't like my answer.

1) Face the fact that the uninsured are currently being treated at the
expense
of the rest of society in the US, at very expensive hospital emergency
rooms.

2) Reinvigorate the Public Health services gutted by the present and
previous D
and R adminsitrations kow-towing to the medical lobbies

-or-

3) Formalize the de-facto public funding of health care services and
institute
strict cost controls.

#3 could work, but people who think Karl Marx is the guy with the moustache,
the cigar and the three goofy brothers will say "socialism".

The problem with this, or any other "socialist" solutions, is that when
you place tight cost controls, you remove the incentive for many people
to choose the health services as a career. If healthcare workers become
the same as teachers, what will happen to the quality of our care?

Dave