If you could help change health/medical care in America what would you recommend

Well I thnk maybe DOcs pay should be cut too for 2 mins. mine get 75$ thats alot of money when they see about 40 poeple in an hour !. I have a copay but I do sometimes have ot save for MRIs and other things after seeing primary Doc. Really dont thinkthey should have gon up on the meds either when we didnt get a raise. and alot of poeple loseing thier job. Instead of Government take ove of the health care you wouyld think they would put their minds to having people create jobs and paying the ins. along withthe worker . To why do we have to go to so many DOcotor when years ago your family DOctor knew about every thing and did some of the operations too. If I had a boil that Doc. lanced it now I get sent to another one to get that done that cost me more time and money when it could be done right here in the first office visit!

I am not going to agree with you on a couple of points. First if you only give care to "Real Americans" and let the rest of the people run around sick you are just asking for trouble. This is why schools require a certian level of health care for all students, shots for instance. It would be great to only pay one set fee for each x-ray, but a broken leg which can be plainly read does not need the attention that a cancer tumor does. One takes much less time than the other. The main problem here is we are not paper cutouts and each individual body needs special care. In otherwise all needed care is not equal. Medicare has tried to lump us all together, a set fee for each illness and here we are still having to carry additional insurance and pay out of pocket for proper treatment. I wish I had a magic answer but it is not an easy question.

well I agree with Lakota, the doctor I see charges me or my insurance $235.00 for each office visit. Today I just need a referral and I know what they are going to tell me, you must come to the office to get one. Sp there is $235.00 shot just for me going to the office and them calling the doctor that I need to see. It is not a medical situation as in being sick and need to see the doctor, it is a referral for a appointment for a hearing test and they know full well that I have a hard time hearing, but they want that $235. medical treatment is not about medical treatment any more but the money. I don't care that they make a living, but they don't need to charge such outragious prices just for going into the office. Also the cost of these tests that they send you for, my husbands last MRI, cost $4200. now give me a break, I know they have to pay the person doing the test about $30. and hour, but what test is worth that much, and I believe sometimes they schedule these tests just for the money. I am lucky that I have insurance, but I have a friend that after her divorce she has not been to the doctor in over 30 years, she did go to ER when she was about to die with the flu. She can not afford the office call or the test. And not able to get on medicaid. Maybe that is the only thing I can see good happening with this health care reform, some that need to see a doctor just might get to go. Same with the ambulance rides to the hospital. $750. now I know they was there to save his life, but was not an emergency, as we just could not get him up and into the car to take him. he was down and we could not get him up. At the tiem we really did not know what was wrong with him so maybe it was an emergency, but he rode less than 5 miles and that totals out to around $151. a mile. Some say that it depends on what you think of your life if it is worth it. I went through that when I had the heart attack, I was dying and the shot they gave me when I got to the hospital was $5000. for one shot, yes I am glad they gave it, but dont' you think that is a bit high, and the flight to the ER was over $5000. for a 14 minute ride. If they cut these cost to something reasonable then I think it would save a lot of money for everyone. So many trumped up charges when you go to the hospital. There are many ways to cut the cost of health care, starting with the medicine, $305 for one pill, I mean lets get real here. And cost them 3 cents to make.

I wish i had some ideas but I know what you mean my brother has worked 2 to 3 jobs at a time till he went into the army an served for 12 years got out an then he got sick he had a heart attack an also found out he lost 50%of his kidney an he can not by his meds an they want to do more test on his kidney but he has to have 300 dollars for the test so he has no idea what to do an thinking of just letting it go so his wife an kids are not stuck with a huge doctor bill I told him to try an get on medicad or disabllity so now its the waitting game

Americans should model their healthcare after our Canadian system. Our healthcare is free for all citizens, we just show our Health Card, which proves we are a citizen or sometimes Landed Immigrants and almost everything is covered. Physio, Chiropractor, Prescriptions, Glasses and Dental are not, but most every large fee is. That is what is important. Plus, these others I listed above are covered under your employee health plan, if you have one. The government started this by first asking us all to pay a small fee deduction on our paycheques, which didn't hurt much at all. Then, they passed a law, and now it is just worked into our taxes. So, nobody here, poor or otherwise is refused health care because they cannot afford it. I think this is how it should be everywhere and end alot of needless suffering.

I think Ann Coulter has a good plan. http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=36080

I think a good start would be to charge what the insurance has to pay. My sons surgery, was over $300,000. With the discounts that was given to the insurance, because they were a provider, the bill was under $150,000. That is so crazy. His wheelchair, $26,000, Insurance with discount, $14,750. How can there be that big of a difference. Something needs to be done to make things more affordable to us. Putting a certain price on things would be one way to start.

A big thing to help would be to limit malpractice claims, which would then cut what doctors have to pay for insurance, but make sure that doctors who are guilty of malpractice get booted out quickly and not transfer to another state. I guess the other thing I would like would be to promote wellness, instead of illness. Make screenings cost less, and figure a way to reward people who have measurable improvements in their health and their lifestyle. It would cut down on some of the lifestyle related illnesses, and thereby save us all money.

I would reccomend that they improve what we already have going on not change the entire thing. I think we are going to be very sorry. I wrote and email to my representative in DC last night. I think it too little too late but atleast I tried. I didn't have the address before or I would have had others do the same. It is www.house.gov. for anyone interested.

We need healthcare reform badly but unfortunately the only bills being considered will make our problems worse. I covered my proposals in this article at Associated Content: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2781978/healing_healthcare_restore_medical.html?cat=5

I think that the most important thing that can be done to help healthcare in the United States is that everyone should be charged the same thing for a service regardless of whether or not they have health insurance. What I am saying is that my husband recently had surgery and I saw how much they billed the insurance company and the allowable amount by the insurance company was far less than the amount that was billed. I think that everyone should be billed the typical allowable amount for their care regardless of whether or not there is insurance that is going to pay a portion of the bill. This has already happened with dental care and I think dental care isn't broken but healthcare definitely is.

I would first recommend that government keep the ---- out of it. I'm not a fan of most insurance companies or plans, but, for some maybe that's OK. For me, I like to develop a relationship with a doctor I like, trust, and who I feel gives me good treatment and excellent care. Some guidelines might be set for the larger populations, but NEVER anything like the criminal, unconstitutional, indentured servitude ---- that the gangster "government" is illegally imposing. I'll have no part of it. The monster power mongers in DC don't care a whit what we think; they just want to rule and control, under the monster usurper. Healthcare is a private choice and option and the doctor-patient relationship is personal. NO Bureaucrat anywhere has a right to put his nose in it. The takeover of America is repulsive and disgusting. For this, alone, the liar-in-chief should be tried for treason.