Posted: Mar 26, 2013 1:52 am
FACT-MAN-2 wrote:Loren Michael wrote:FACT-MAN-2 wrote:Loren Michael wrote:A big part of what's driving up costs in American health care is the doctor cartel putting up regulations to drive more dollars to them at the expense of everyone else.
Allowing more routine procedures to be performed by nurses (as in many cases is done in other countries) would play a handsome role in reducing costs.
A national single payer system would represent a far better solution.
Oh, is it an either/or issue?
Yes, apparently it is.
The rest of your post doesn't justify that statement.
It appears to have been quite impossible for governments to regulate for-profit healthcare in a manner that keeps costs to consumers within some reasonable realm, whereas costs in single-payer systems have been much easier to manage and control and keep in line with a society's ability to pay.
The choice may not be purely an either/or situation because other factors are in play, the morality of making money from people's health problems or misfortunes, for example, or relying upon the "allocative" effects of market economics to determine the rate of access to healthcare services.
Canadians spend half what their American counterparts spend for healthcare per capita (about $3K/annum versus $6K/annum) and get better outcomes. The choice then between one approach and the other is a no brainer.
None of that suggets that the choice is EITHER single payer OR allowing more routine procedures to be performed by nurses.