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Sancho

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2. The big elephant in the room of the US health care system is simple...
Sat Dec 24, 2016, 07:21 AM
Dec 2016

our medical professionals are paid much higher salaries than most public systems! When you add in "for profit" hospitals, drug companies, and insurance companies there is no way to get control. That includes the high paid administrators.

Any public system would pay doctors, nurses, etc. 1/3 to 1/3 less than many are making today. Likewise, a public administration would be much more streamlined; fewer paper pushers and less choices.

Right now there is a drug store, hospital, clinic, etc. on every corner in most profitable urban centers. A public system would be streamlined and health care professionals would be paid salaries most likely instead of fee for service.

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