What are some of your reasons behind supporting a single payer plan?

If Medicare is going to be an around, I think that single payer system should be for everyone. However, if anyone wants to get started with dismantleing and eliminating Medicare, then I will drop my support for single payer. I prefer the health care system to be more consistent accross the board, state to state, ect. I'm not saying that a single payer would be the best, but I haven't done enough educated research to say what would be the best.

See Republican Bill proposed, May, 2009.

Patients Choice Act, from Sen. Coburn and Rep. Ryan (if I'm not mistaken)?

Can you get into the specifics of this one? It seems like doctors having a medical license is a pretty good thing to me.

 

(healthcare is one of my weakest areas by the way)

 

I feel the same way. Not sure why them having licenses is a bad thing, or how it impacts health care costs.

The costs of mandatory medical licenses- the education, the examination fees, the license fees, etc.- are passed on to the consumer. If we want to get into it more, start a new thread, I'd be more than willing to discuss, but I don't feel like doing the extensive research right now.

The costs of mandatory medical licenses- the education, the examination fees, the license fees, etc.- are passed on to the consumer. If we want to get into it more, start a new thread, I'd be more than willing to discuss, but I don't feel like doing the extensive research right now.

While you are at ditch the Bar exam and The exam to make sure that nurses are competent and deserve the initials RN behind their names .

While you are at ditch the Bar exam and The exam to make sure that nurses are competent and deserve the initials RN behind their names .

Can you clarify? I'm not sure what you are saying.

Can you clarify? I'm not sure what you are saying.

You go too far in your quest to eliminate all Government regulations .I wouldn't go to a Doctor without at license . How would you know if he is Legit ?

You go too far in your quest to eliminate all Government regulations .I wouldn't go to a Doctor without at license . How would you know if he is Legit ?

I wouldn't go to a doctor without a license either. That doesn't mean that people can't offer medical care without a license, or that individuals can't choose to see a medical proffessional with no license if they so wish. I don't want to get off topic any more than we already have, so start another thread if needed.

Simplist fix. Interstate health insurance. Get the state governments out meddling with insurance.

 

http://20smoney.com/2009/08/11/the-easy-fix-for-health-care-and-why-obama-opposes-it/

 

BTW, from the article:

 

To illustrate, a 25-year old male in good health could purchase a policy for under $1,000 in Kentucky, yet in New Jersey it might cost upwards of $6,000. Simply put, the state’s regulations on health insurance cause health insurance costs to be higher and because you can’t buy insurance outside of your state, you are stuck with higher costs if you live in a state with a high number of mandates; this leads to a lack of affordability for many people.

I wouldn't go to a doctor without a license either. That doesn't mean that people can't offer medical care without a license, or that individuals can't choose to see a medical proffessional with no license if they so wish. I don't want to get off topic any more than we already have, so start another thread if needed.

Yes Poppa !:isurrender:

I wouldn't go to a doctor without a license either. That doesn't mean that people can't offer medical care without a license, or that individuals can't choose to see a medical proffessional with no license if they so wish. I don't want to get off topic any more than we already have, so start another thread if needed.

 

 

How do you control prescriptions then?

 

If anyone claiming to be a doctor can write a prescription that makes the acts from 1906, 1917, 1937, 1964 and 1970 unnecessary and anyone could legitimately write prescriptions then, correct?