besides a) which I feel I’ve already covered at length…
b) Yes, It starts (and hinges) with tort reform. Couldn’t be more important!!
c) Insurance should be nationally NOT state regulated. Brokers/agents should have to be nationally not stated licensed. Do you know that insurance agents have to be licensed in any and every state that they sell/solicit insurance in? Each state has different fees, rules, exams that need to be passed? It’s a logistical nightmare.
d) Many states (Jersey for one) allow you to deduct all medical expenses including premiums.
e) Most states do have catastrophic policies or MSA (Medical Savings Account) high deductible policies.
biff, no worries here, but my concern is re-inventing the wheel just to re-invent the wheel. Medicare is a good example, not perfect but some tweaks and it becomes better.
Good point: I forgot about electronic medical records. That would be my sixth point. Mayor Bloomberg (who,as he puts it “knows something about IT, as I used to run such a company”) is really sounding the drums on this issue.
Oh, and before I forget – ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS. Some doctors I’ve been to are in San Diego, New Haven, Bemidji, MN, Brooklyn, and Washington DC. Wouldn’t it improve treatment and lessen paperwork if they could easily share information? Why not just scan their illegible notes into a .pdf based record system? I know there are significant privacy issues, but I think the benefits outweigh the risks here.
DeLepp, truly sorry to hear about your own personal battles with cancer and your father’s heart attack. I don’t have any first hand experience regarding health issues of individuals visiting Canada, so I really can’t comment on that. If we’re talking strictly about healthcare within one’s own country; I’ll stick with my preference for the Canadian model, which I’ll continue to acknowledge as being far from perfect.
Snappy – Did you get verification on the Illegal’s bday?
Benson,
besides a) which I feel I’ve already covered at length…
b) Yes, It starts (and hinges) with tort reform. Couldn’t be more important!!
c) Insurance should be nationally NOT state regulated. Brokers/agents should have to be nationally not stated licensed. Do you know that insurance agents have to be licensed in any and every state that they sell/solicit insurance in? Each state has different fees, rules, exams that need to be passed? It’s a logistical nightmare.
d) Many states (Jersey for one) allow you to deduct all medical expenses including premiums.
e) Most states do have catastrophic policies or MSA (Medical Savings Account) high deductible policies.
biff, no worries here, but my concern is re-inventing the wheel just to re-invent the wheel. Medicare is a good example, not perfect but some tweaks and it becomes better.
Six years;
Good point: I forgot about electronic medical records. That would be my sixth point. Mayor Bloomberg (who,as he puts it “knows something about IT, as I used to run such a company”) is really sounding the drums on this issue.
Oh, and before I forget – ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS. Some doctors I’ve been to are in San Diego, New Haven, Bemidji, MN, Brooklyn, and Washington DC. Wouldn’t it improve treatment and lessen paperwork if they could easily share information? Why not just scan their illegible notes into a .pdf based record system? I know there are significant privacy issues, but I think the benefits outweigh the risks here.
BiCh
I just saw the forum and will post my question tomorrow.
Thanks for the tip.
Sorry about your dad.
Looks like you beat me to at least some of my points, Benson.
DeLepp, truly sorry to hear about your own personal battles with cancer and your father’s heart attack. I don’t have any first hand experience regarding health issues of individuals visiting Canada, so I really can’t comment on that. If we’re talking strictly about healthcare within one’s own country; I’ll stick with my preference for the Canadian model, which I’ll continue to acknowledge as being far from perfect.
in a land of plenty, we nit pick. coming from a ton less, I appreciate
Posted by: more4less at August 3, 2009 4:32 PM
Agreed on that one my former communist brother. Same in point about todays’ voting conversation.