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Jun 29, 2020
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Huge Manatee
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500k for school?
Is that really reflective of the related costs or is someone making a killing off of students?
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My (probably unpopular opinion) is that we need to either treat healthcare as a public good or not. If we want to
Slim
Broscience major
6/29/20 10:24am
You're not wrong. But as we continue in a more "bleeding heart" direction we'll be looking at single payer before turnin
Grit for Brains
6/29/20 10:28am
I agree that is the more likely scenario
Slim
6/29/20 10:29am
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rivercitycoug
6/29/20 10:30am
I’m a doctor and would agree to salary decrease if it meant a revolution in med school training and cost as well as a
Slim
6/29/20 10:32am
500k for school?
Huge Manatee
6/29/20 10:38am
They are making a killing
Slim
6/29/20 10:40am
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rivercitycoug
6/29/20 11:20am
Arizonians
Slim
6/29/20 2:37pm
I think average debt for graduating MDs is something like 220k
valleus
6/29/20 10:50am
Looks like you’re right. Where I went was expensive.
Slim
6/29/20 10:52am
It is still outrageous. Cut med school costs makes it easier to cut md salaries.
valleus
6/29/20 10:55am
If the govt would forgive my loans I'd be interested.
SJS
6/29/20 11:02am
At least 1/3 of that 17% GDP is wasted dollars in healthcare. Whether it is because of fraud, unnecessary procedures,
specsauce
6/29/20 10:38am
Canadian Docs on avg make more than us. So it can be done
cougfanz
6/29/20 10:52am
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rivercitycoug
6/29/20 11:19am
I’ll look. Maybe I’m full of nonsense. Just relaying
cougfanz
6/29/20 11:44am
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rivercitycoug
6/29/20 11:53am
Not super recent but this article in the National Post states otherwise.
JohnnyComeLately
6/30/20 10:16am
I wish it were easier for healthcare providers to fire patients, within reason.
KingDave
6/29/20 10:34am
I have gotten onboard with the idea that there could and should be a government run healthcare network with orgs run
specsauce
6/29/20 10:35am
Would that be similar to what is done with VA hospitals, but for Medicare.
Pepe
6/29/20 10:40am
It would be similar. Medicare/ACA Plans/Medicaid/non-payers etc would have access to these hospitals. We already
specsauce
6/29/20 11:29am
I've always thought there could be a two system setup
Pro Logic
6/29/20 10:39am
That's a common setup. I'm not sure why we've convinced ourselves it's binary.
vagabonder
6/29/20 10:44am
That’s what I’m in favor of. Model it after Germany
cougfanz
6/29/20 10:51am
I not sure the public would go along with this as those that can afford private
vegasnative
6/29/20 10:52am
We pay significantly more per capita than developed nations with public systems,
vagabonder
6/29/20 10:55am
Right, but there is a huge difference between building a quality system from the
vegasnative
6/29/20 11:09am
So, separate and unequal?
SpiffCoug
6/29/20 10:53am
such is life
maxpowers
6/29/20 10:57am
I would like a hybrid set up, with the government entity being highly focused on
kotacoug
6/29/20 11:34am
We will not have an NHS model. Hopefully it will be Medicare for all, with the
valleus
6/29/20 10:49am
While end of life care does contribute to a
akamai
6/29/20 4:31pm
It would likely be based on prognosis, not age.
Delicate Genius
6/30/20 10:37am
That would be the ideal, but when does a government based system work based on
akamai
6/30/20 10:44am
Medicare for all? Pass.
crazY
6/30/20 11:22am
Are frequent flyers in the ER really the big cost sink that we think it is?
mudpupper
6/29/20 11:15am
There have been OIG studies done on Medicaid that show that 1/2 to 2/3 of the visits to the ER are unnecessary. The
specsauce
6/29/20 2:37pm
That’s true, but still not a large cost driver compared to end of life care
valleus
6/29/20 2:49pm
Of course end of life care is expensive. We need to be looking at all areas where costs can be reigned in. I think we
specsauce
6/30/20 8:30am
The problem is that discussions about end of life often lead
akamai
6/30/20 8:47am
Agree, but also make cost/pricing available and up front.
swimbro
6/30/20 11:38am
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