Friday, July 3, 2009

Healthcare alternatives

Last night I was thinking of a tiered plan - probably has tons of problems but what plan doesn't?

Here's a 3 tier plan:

Everyone, without exception gets Basic Healthcare for free - and this
has to be as limited as we can - basically preventative medicine and basic care that is cheap at a doctor's office but very expensive at an emergency room. Stuff like prenatal care, colds, flu, TB, possible pandemic stuff we want to keep from spreading, broken bones. Etc.

Then a second tier of healthcare where private plans and the government compete - MRIs, new livers, etc. Not elective but not basic care. Plans could compete on price and coverage.

Tier 3 would be elective stuff - no government plan at this level.

Also one thing that hasn't gotten much coverage - if we insure 47
million more people, we're gonna need more doctors and nurses, clinics, supplies. We'll need to train more people but this is also a boon to employment and
manufacturing.

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