Before anything I feel we need tort reform in the medical sector. Something needs to be done about frivolous malpractice suits which drive up the cost of malpractice insurance and by proxy, our medical bills.
The "network" system needs simplified or gotten rid of. It's confusing and stupid that sometimes you can't go to a doctor across the street because they don't have a deal with your provider.
45,000 people die in the US each year from lack of health care. Compare that to the
16,204 murders per year and you can see why it's such a huge problem.
Out of the proposed solutions I've seen I think the public option is the worst, it doesn't fix any of the problems we currently have. I think there's promise to a Single Payer system. Our Veterans Administration health care system is an example of a single payer system and from what I gather it works wonderfully.
That's what I can think of right now. Good job pushing the topic in the right direction LJ.
Edit directed at Cleveland Buck: You just got a bump up in my list now that I know your opinions, while I still disagree with some, are at least consistent.
What benefits do we get from a smaller FDA? There are already plenty of faulty drugs that get approval, I'd think a smaller FDA would only add to that problem. That's just conjecture on my part though. Didn't know we had a big problem with the FDA. There's a phrase about learning things I could use here.
