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Topic	What's your view on healthcare?
Zeus 08/23/18 12:37:48 AM #42:	Keebs05 posted... SunWuKung420 posted... It should not be a for-profit industry. This. Healthcare didn't start nosediving into the shitter until Nixon let hospitals, insurance companies, etc. start functioning as for-profit entities. For starters, that's not even true. If you're posting the meme I think, you're referring to the HMO Act of 1973 but prior to that the healthcare system had -- as it always had -- been able to act as a for-profit. Since the founding of this nation (and before that), doctors could go into it for profit. Keebs05 posted... As others have stated, there should also be a focus on preventative care. The reason your average ER wait is so long is because people ignore common problems that could be fixed with a simple doctor's visit until it becomes something more severe. ...ER wait time is usually less a matter of "preventative care" and more a matter of a myriad of other factors including triage, busy times, the fact that people go to the ER instead of other facilities which could also handle their problem, etc. https://advanceer.com/7-reasons-for-long-er-wait-times/ Keebs05 posted... Rampant medicaid abuse doesn't help either. When you have a government-sponsored system, you tend to have absurd amounts of abuse. Speaking of, there was actually a pretty egregious one lately, tied to a senator running for re-eelection in NJ http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/fl-pn-doctor-medicare-sentencing-menendez-20180222-story.html --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:907387537] in What's you... [t:76927017]...</cite> <quote><cite>Keebs05 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>SunWuKung420 posted...</cite> <quote>It should not be a for-profit industry.</quote> This. Healthcare didn't start nosediving into the shitter until Nixon let hospitals, insurance companies, etc. start functioning as for-profit entities.</quote> For starters, that's not even true. If you're posting the meme I think, you're referring to the HMO Act of 1973 but prior to that the healthcare system had -- as it always had -- been able to act as a for-profit. Since the founding of this nation (and before that), doctors could go into it for profit. <cite>Keebs05 posted...</cite> <quote>As others have stated, there should also be a focus on preventative care. The reason your average ER wait is so long is because people ignore common problems that could be fixed with a simple doctor's visit until it becomes something more severe.</quote> ...ER wait time is usually less a matter of "preventative care" and more a matter of a myriad of other factors including triage, busy times, the fact that people go to the ER instead of other facilities which could also handle their problem, etc. https://advanceer.com/7-reasons-for-long-er-wait-times/ <cite>Keebs05 posted...</cite> <quote>Rampant medicaid abuse doesn't help either.</quote> When you have a government-sponsored system, you tend to have absurd amounts of abuse. Speaking of, there was actually a pretty egregious one lately, tied to a senator running for re-eelection in NJ http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/fl-pn-doctor-medicare-sentencing-menendez-20180222-story.html --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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