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GGG · 08-16-2011, 10:01 PM

I think that we should ignore the US results when looking at the possible outcomes of two tier health care. It is much more honest to look at the European nations results as the US system has been corrupted by insurance and litigation

We are perhaps the only country outside of Cuba and venezala that have only private care so one must look very carefully at if our system is getting the desired results.

Also right now we lose Doctors and nurses to the US to their private system and lose GDP to the US when patients go over for care. This two tier system does not make sense.

Finally when Medicare was started it was not meant to replace the private system. doctors were given the option of being entirely private or entirely public. This should still be allowed to happen. The only thing that would concern me is if doctors were allowed to work in both systems. This would lead to doctors using the public system to augment slow days which would hurt the public system.

we also already have. Two tier care. dental, diagnostics, eye care, cosmetic and many other services are already in the private sector. why not pus the line a little further to take pressure of the public system.

08-16-2011, 10:01 PM	#7
GGG Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: California Exp:	I think that we should ignore the US results when looking at the possible outcomes of two tier health care. It is much more honest to look at the European nations results as the US system has been corrupted by insurance and litigation We are perhaps the only country outside of Cuba and venezala that have only private care so one must look very carefully at if our system is getting the desired results. Also right now we lose Doctors and nurses to the US to their private system and lose GDP to the US when patients go over for care. This two tier system does not make sense. Finally when Medicare was started it was not meant to replace the private system. doctors were given the option of being entirely private or entirely public. This should still be allowed to happen. The only thing that would concern me is if doctors were allowed to work in both systems. This would lead to doctors using the public system to augment slow days which would hurt the public system. we also already have. Two tier care. dental, diagnostics, eye care, cosmetic and many other services are already in the private sector. why not pus the line a little further to take pressure of the public system.