3 steps to a better health care system

A friend recently asked me, “Where do we go from here?” The friend was referring to our impasse with health care in America. The Democrats have failed to repair the Affordable Care Act, and the Republicans have failed to repeal or replace it. With the status quo, I can understand our health care system providing lower quality care compared to its counterpart industrialized nations. I can even tolerate lack of access to health care to millions of uninsured Americans. However, what is not acceptable and a path toward disaster for our health system and for the national economy and even American supremacy in the world is the unbridled cost of health care. In health care today, insurance and pharmaceutical companies, as well as providers including many hospitals and doctors, continue to make a profit and allow for significant waste in the unsustainable financial status quo. Continue reading ... Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Policy Public Health & Washington Watch Source Type: blogs