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It keeps me up at night, this statistic! Is anyone else out there ready to tackle this problem, oh, say, 10-15 years from now when we are all fresh out of residencies? Rally!
Sarikate said:It keeps me up at night, this statistic! Is anyone else out there ready to tackle this problem, oh, say, 10-15 years from now when we are all fresh out of residencies? Rally!
It's good to hear that future doctors are willing to tackle this problem, but it seems like the politicians will have a larger role in policy changes than doctorsSarikate said:It keeps me up at night, this statistic! Is anyone else out there ready to tackle this problem, oh, say, 10-15 years from now when we are all fresh out of residencies? Rally!
DrMom said:Please keep in mind that there is background info impt to this number.
1) It is an estimate, not an actual count
2) It includes a significant # of healthy young adults who choose to not have health insurance because they feel they don't need it
3) It includes older adults who choose not to have health insurance because they want to have other things more than they want to spend $ on insurance
4) It includes a number of people who qualify for aid (Medicaid or other such services) but have not applied
and, yes, there are people who want health insurance, don't qualify for government aid, and for one reason or another don't actually have health insurance. Just know that this last group does not add up to anywhere near 45 million.
DrMom said:Please keep in mind that there is background info impt to this number.
1) It is an estimate, not an actual count
2) It includes a significant # of healthy young adults who choose to not have health insurance because they feel they don't need it
3) It includes older adults who choose not to have health insurance because they want to have other things more than they want to spend $ on insurance
4) It includes a number of people who qualify for aid (Medicaid or other such services) but have not applied
and, yes, there are people who want health insurance, don't qualify for government aid, and for one reason or another don't actually have health insurance. Just know that this last group does not add up to anywhere near 45 million.
Sarikate said:It's not a numbers game. 45 million, 100 million, 5 million, whatever - it's too many people, any way you look at it. Don't you think?
Sarikate said:It keeps me up at night, this statistic! Is anyone else out there ready to tackle this problem, oh, say, 10-15 years from now when we are all fresh out of residencies? Rally!
Is anyone else out there ready to tackle this problem, oh, say, 10-15 years from now when we are all fresh out of residencies?
jmv1083 said:It's good to hear that future doctors are willing to tackle this problem, but it seems like the politicians will have a larger role in policy changes than doctors
docdaname said:Thats why i think i will be a doctor turned politician.
the first thing im doin is puttin your icon picture thingy in the axis of evil, the purple hippo creeps me out, manswifteagle43 said:Same here. The first thing I am doing is putting Flash on the axis of evil!
swifteagle43 said:Same here. The first thing I am doing is putting Flash on the axis of evil!
stomper627 said:Why should I, I healthy, nonsmoker, occasional drinker bodybuilder pay for others while they can kill themselves?
stomper
Oh, as far as the 40mil uninsured goes....if the left put into a fund for insurance for those individuals rather than give the 527 all those millions, each individual would end up with quite an extensive healthcare plan.
ingamina said:Well, if everyone was perfectly healthy like you, we wouldn't have much of a job, now would we?
sunni said:Maybe we could cap med-malpractice (&pain/suffering) at a more reasonable number than all your future earnings, your first born, your left arm (b/c you are right handed after all), & your grandmothers pension, & use the decrease in mal practice payments to encourage "free" (volunteer) service for the underinsursed/uninsured.
stomper627 said:Why should I, I healthy, nonsmoker, occasional drinker bodybuilder pay for others while they can kill themselves?
stomper
dr_pepper said:Fewer than 1% of all medical liability/malpractice cases result in the extravagant rewards that we are all so very well aware of. Of those rare cases that recieve extravagant rewards, most are given based on extreme physician negligence, followed by a cover-up, circle the wagons defense were colleagues refuse to admit the negligence of the defendant physician(s). Furthermore, very few (if any) extreme liability rewards are actually payed out - most, if not all, are severly reduced by a judge, whether it be the original case judge or reduced on appeal.
Despite what physicians, HMOs, PPOs and hospital associations tell you, tort reform is a very small piece of the puzzle when it comes to fixing the finances of the medical system.