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Originally Posted by Corrina  The only way to get the government to understand about medical care is to take away their "free" medical care... |
AND make them truly dependent on income from the job, no 'speaking fees' and access to add-on funds, no means to go outside the 'system' go get better care.
Give them the choice of signing up for medicare or joining an HMO but still make them pay just as we all do.
Let THEM try to get the necessary appointments (and already, in some cases, the needed treatment) without 'pulling strings'.
Managed care in California has already been credited with the DEATH of a teenager. She needed a procedure that the HMO did not authorize. The parents could not afford it. They appealed and got approval but the delay was sufficient to cost the teen her LIFE.
That is rationed care without BO in the mix. You think having him in the process will be BETTER? It will make any appeal process even MORE time-consuming.
What is proposed for us is NOTHING like the care given to the military dependants or even congress and the pres.
BEFORE they change things for the rest of us, MAKE THEM USE THE EXACT SYSTEM THEY ARE PROPOSING. Put the model into effect for THEM, scale it and fund it so it has the same ratio of access to treatment and the same staffing that will be afforded to everyone. Make the staffing of this 'model system' also represent that of the average community, not that of a 'showcase'. In fact, set it up so that the staff do NOT know that every patient is a politician. Require that the politicians use a different name to not draw any special attention to WHO they are. They would have to leave the limo behind and drive themselves, walk or take public transit so there is no notoriety as they arrive and leave this facility.
Require that they only go through this model system to access ANY healthcare.
How soon would they pay more attention to the contents of the bills on their desks, reading them BEFORE they debate or VOTE?