Nonsense. Very few solutions have ever been invented by elected officials. They adopt solutions proposed by others. You get an F in civics.
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How do you think we can educate people on the proper way to use their “free” health care?
[/quote] By the kind of campaigns that educated people about smoking and AIDS, which worked, and about obesity, which is showing signs of working. Of course your “solution” is to do nothing. That’s just great.
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How do you propose we force people to become primary doctors when that profession is becoming less and less palatable to new generations due to the high cost of education, high malpractice insurance premiums, low Medicaid and Medicare insurance disbursements?
[/quote] No force necessary. Forgive student loans to those who go into primary care. Decrease residency slots in specialties that are overstaffed and increase them in primary care. Pay for keeping patients healthy rather than doing more procedures (this is already happening).
But you would rather complain. You must be a real joy to be around.
From the article: "However, unless Congress lifts the 16-year-old cap on federal support for residency training, we will still face a shortfall of physicians across dozens of specialties,” said AAMC President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D. “Students are doing their part by applying to medical school in record numbers. Medical schools are doing their part by expanding enrollment. Now Congress needs to do its part and act without delay to expand residency training to ensure that everyone who needs a doctor has access to one.”
Sounds like the solution is pretty clear and the do-nothing Congress (supported by those like Puppies who only complain and do nothing), could solve it if they got off their asses and actually did something very easy.
Enrollment in medical schools does not equate to more Primary Physicians being trained, which is the underlying issue. The vast majority of medical students chose specialties vs PCP careers. You can’t educate people not to use the ER if they can’t find available Primary Care Physicians or PCPs that also accept Medicare/Medicaid insurance cards. The following is a 2011 report that is still valid today as nothing has changed since then:
Why not just admit that you would be happier to see the indigent lined up and shot in the back of the head if they get sick? It would make as much sense as the crap you’re posting right now. And probably is exactly what you think the indigent ‘deserve’.
I mean, how dare the poor think that they should have the right to continue to live should they get sick, right? To paraphrase Dickens “Perhaps they should hurry up and die and decrease the surplus population!”
That can be influenced by loan forgiveness in exchange for doing primary care. Also, many specialists provide primary care. Many women will have a gynecologist or OB/Gyn as a primary doc. If you have diabetes you may get primary care from an endocrinologist.
The report discusses a number of solutions, among them the ones I mentioned, I’m glad we agree. Now let’s get to work.
One wonders why we aren’t subsidizing physicians education, like a lot of Europe does?
We obviously need to deal with the shortage (especially in general practice), so why not offer to pay for a prospective future doctor’s education so that they aren’t inundated with massive debts once they start practicing?
