Make Medicine Better

It appears that the balance of power between the Democrats and the Republicans has changed with the election of Scott Brown. This means that Healthcare will be back to “square one” on the Grand Stage of Politics. To me this would be the ideal time for the Hospitals of America to band together with a United Front and a United Proposal. Let the tail wag the dog, rather than the dog wag his tail in a manner of speaking. My proposal would be for the Government to pick up the un-paid portion of every Hospitals Emergency Room bills and if care is also needed “in-house” for that visit, then let a voucher be submitted for those expenses as well. My thinking is that people themselves are not going to #1 Have a personal Physician for regular visits as they don’t want to be bothered with it and #2 Will show up at their local Emergency Room as they see it as their “Doctors Office”. People don’t change their habits no matter how many Insurance Cards you jam in their pockets! In any event, it is time the Hospitals of America form a United Front and begin the “haggle” process with the Government. If they don’t want to pay 100% then drop it to 90% etc. etc. Unfortunately from year to year, it will be like buying a used car. Many people will argue that “It’s not complete coverage” and they are probably right however it is a great start and maybe when the economy improves we can do better. That leads me to the next question we should all be debating and that is, “How do you re-start a World Economy?” Thank you