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There are 2 simple things we can do to fix health care. First, make it like public school. If you want to pay for private school, go ahead, but health care sh
by kapauldo 10y ago
There are 2 simple things we can do to fix health care. First, make it like public school. If you want to pay for private school, go ahead, but health care should be socialist like school and sewage. 2nd, make it illegal for the AMA to limit the number of doctors admitted to med school. Its a cartel that reduces supply.
- avn2109 10y agoNot an expert but I'm pretty sure the AMA gates the number of residency seats and then the schools take the hint and gate admissions numbers independently.
- wyager 10y ago> First, make it like public school. We can learn from our mistakes there and, if we really feel we need to make medicine socialized (as opposed to deregulated like the excellent private healthcare in Mexico or India), we can at least do it on a voucher-based system. Everyone gets $x tax money a year to spend on medicine, and you can choose where to spend it.
- Gracana 10y agoWhat if you need more than you're allowed?
- wyager 10y agoWhat if you need more than the government is willing to spend on you in the "public school" scenario? I had a longer, more detailed response, but I realized that what you asked isn't really a fair question. In the end, the answer is "you die", and by elaborating on that it made it sound like I agreed that this isn't an issue in socialized medical care.
- Gracana 10y agoI figured you'd want to say more about it because that obviously doesn't work. But.. OK.
- micahbright 10y agoUnfortunately, a lot of doctors believe that to become a doctor, you need to practice on real patients. I believe there is artificial reduction in the number of doctors minted each year, but I also realize there are practical limits on that number as well(ie cadavers). Fortunately, we are working on the problem with use of technology.