Waxman: Health overhaul this year; public plan "critically important"

The solution is pretty easy, and is the same one most of the rest of the world has already come to: a two-tier health system

1) a national network of hospitals, clinics, and physicians (made up of exisiing state, county, and rural hospitals and clinics) that would enjoy government support (both financial and in the form of free electronic health records and bulk purchasing discounts) in exchange for accepting Medicare/Medicaid and other government programs

2) a private network of hospitals, clinics, and physicians that are free to set their rates and contract with whichever insurance companies they believe will pay reimbursements sufficient to cover their expenses, without legal resitrictions that prevent this (as exists in California)

The solution is simple: a two-tier healthcare system. 1) A national network of public hospitals, clinics, and physicians that are supported by the government and will accept Medicare/Medicaid/government programs and 2) a private network that is free to set its rates at levels at which it can recoup costs and to contract with whichever insurance companies is chosen, without laws to prevent this (as currently exists in states like California).

Here's my solution to the "health care crisis":

FIRE HENRY WAXMAN AND SHIP HIM BACK TO CALIFORNIA IN A RAISIN CRATE.

RECORD OPPORTUNITY
In the past it’s been difficult for the uninsured, especially children, to receive quality ongoing and follow-up healthcare because there was no previous record of their condition or treatments. Valuable time was wasted gathering basic information, and in some cases essential health histories have been lost. The lack of continuity in treating the uninsured is one of the big problems facing our health system. The SCHIP extension will potentially insure 4 million children, making portable electronic health records more important than ever.
More discussion: www.healthcaretownhall.com

This is a fairy tale:
Poor people get health care from Medicaid
Poor children from SCHIP
ELderly from Medicare
The 40 million uninusred are working people with jobs who dont qualify for medicaid.
Medicare and Medicaid are hopelessly underfunded by Congress. Doctors are forced to leave these programs. No doctors means no access for patients. The only way to pay for this is by increasing taxes. No one has money for our current taxes. Electronic medical records does not save money and is a scam handout to IT companies. The Massachussetts plan is 3x over budget. California rejected a government run health care plan. This idea is dangerous and poorly thought out, which is why they are trying to ram it thru asap. It is a fairy tale with a scary ending.

Anyone who thinks electronic medical records are important or a good idea has never worked in a hospital! The money spent on EMR wastes valuable health care dollars and does not treat a single patient or child! In the clinic setting, EMR is not needed and is extremely expensive with NO PROVEN benefit. In emergency settings, we never go looking or old records! If you want immediate records, use insertable chips like we do in lost dogs! It is commericially available to do this for humans. EMR does NOT save money in any way. Large studies have shown that it does not save money compared to the costs. WE dont need more high tec. medicine, we need hands on care of patients. Drop the gimicks, and forget EMR
It is a scam!

This is totally bogus how you pick and choose what to post.
I sent two responses that address this topic appropriately and both were ignored.
Why bother placing a blog if you dont want responses?

-pel

Why don't you call Claude Castonguay (father of socialized medicine in Canada) ask him what he thinks about a one payer national health care system run by the Federal Government?