How about a hybrid system where the government (or some other 3rd party with no conflict of interest) administers a compulsory system of personal savings account to be used as described above. The govt would REQUIRE it, yet make it tax-free and everyone able to get money out if they don’t use it. There’s your ‘spread’. Then the govt could pick up any slack (if there ever was any). It would still be miles above what we have now, and taxes could go down. (as if….).

YOU identify the people taking advantage of a system for their own motives and make some noise. I already have been. Hello!

My Dr asked me if there were any family history of mental illness. I said “Yeah. I have a niece who supports Hillary Clinton.”

First of all, we need to find a way to control costs. As long as healthcare is paid by somebody else, (insurance co’s and govt), there is no incentive to save. Also, who makes all the money in HC? Hospitals and ins companies. Dr’s in America make about $130-180k a year. That’s not where the money is going. We need to get rid of the ‘middle man’. So we must concoct a new system where people somehow pay their own medical care. Now, of course no one can afford a liver transplant, or other major catastrophic event, but most medical procedures are small, and don’t necessarily require hospitalization. So people must have an incentive to shop, or otherwise save money. This would probably account for almost half of all medical costs. Maybe create an account that everyone pays into, like insurance, except YOU are in control. This would have to garner interest, and be fail-safe. Then, people would use the money in ‘their account’ to pay for elective, or small procedures. That is what it is for. However, if you don’t require any, you would get a check back, or have future premiums decline in price. There HAS to be incentive to save, and shop, otherwise, we’re ‘spending someone else’s money’ which is ultimately going to be us. Second, we have to revamp the way dr’s can be sued so that they don’t routinely order tons of unneeded tests to ‘cover their ass’. This type of system has already been proposed. It would actually MAKE money. If the government pays for it all, WE pay in increased taxes (where do you think it comes from) and is administered sloppily, and wastefully. Then we arrive at the current system where you have bureaucrats determining treatment options, and price. Like i said before, my Dr in the 70’s and 80’s wrote this all up. I think I have it somewhere. I’ll see if I can find it and forward any ideas in it. Maybe Dr Freeman has heard of these ideas in his travels.

Right on. You’re gonna like your 4 week test!!

Right on!!

His original post seemed out-of-place. I had a feeling about this guy and his ‘post’. I hope I’m wrong, but I’ve seen this before, countless times. Some people like to go to websites and misrepresent themselves, or start a false inquiry. It has the effect of getting all the regulars to be at each others’ throats. It can break up otherwise harmonious webpages. Like I said, I have previous experience with this.
I was at another website where someone did this exact same thing. I called him out, then the guy re-joined under another name. Pitting the regulars against me. It worked. The regulars didn’t like me anymore because I was ‘mean’ to this guy. I am very good at detecting bullshit, and also using syntax, common misspellings, the way people word stuff and keystroke errors to detect trends, patterns and anomalies. Anyway, I alerted the administrator who checked IP addresses, and sure enough, I was vindicated. However, the damage was done to the regulars at that website. Here we are going on 7 pages about this guy, and where is he? Thanks for listening. Jim

I would think about adding Daclatasvir to that. Couldn’t hurt, that’s for sure.

Mike, pm sent.

If the government provided free steak dinners, I’m sure they would be the best, huh? Haven’t you read about LG’s troubles? Ask any veteran here in America how well they are treated. The DMV is bad enough. I would NEVER want my government making my health decisions. Wow.