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Old 04-25-2009, 07:57 AM   #63
Griff
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Originally Posted by BrianR View Post
The answer to Medicaid et al is simple, as I see it. Government doctors. Government hospitals. they can have their "free" managed care for those who wan it and private doctors for those who don't.

The doctors can be paid a flat salary , perhaps with some enticement such as tuition reimbursement thrown in to sweeten the deal.

As long as there is a choice for the person in question, I fail to see the problem.
[breaks no politics rule]
Well said Brian, this is a sensible solution. A lot of people would be happy to pay cash or use cheaper insurance for their regular gp visits if they knew there was a parallel system for the bad times. What we can't afford is a system that makes private medicine illegal or continues to subsidize paper pushing over health care. [/to acknowlege common sense over politics]
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