02-10-2014, 03:32 AM
punafish, the clinics and hosptitals have cut nursing to the bone- and also have all manner of people handing out meds and doing tx's etc. It is the insurance companies that are the problem- with their topheavy, profit driven busness style. If it were me, I'd get rid of all the private insurers completely and have it run by the govt. Might be some waste, but you'd cut out an entire layer of middle men. WE have had socialized medicine for years already. People just wont admit it. I remember asking 15 yrs ago- when I worked for a hospital. "What happens if the hospital is in the red for the year?". The answer that i got ( and I know it's somehow more complex than this) was- "The Gov't will make up the difference to keep the hospital in business".