[l2ridehd]

Great post Boomer.

Make health insurance affordable is all the government should try to do. Nothing more. And they probably can't do that right. Maybe provide low cost clinics for those who can't afford the insurance. But let those that can't afford it have access to care, just don't punish all of us to provide it. By punish I mean waiting excessive amount of time for care, sub standard care, but not the cost of care.

If the government does anything at all, at most it should provide low cost clinics in every state, with a fixed fee to visit, staff it with volunteers and interns, utilize generic drugs only, and let anyone use them. If we want the low cost or can't afford insurance, then put up with the wait and inconvenience and lower skilled health care. Provide normal health care by creating mass insurance pools so everyone pays about the same for insurance. Lower doctors malpractice insurance by putting limits on tort amounts and for those that lose a second malpractice case, make them do a year service in the clinics. If it happens again remove their license to practise. This alone would lower insurance cost health care by more then 20%.