Saving the health care system must be done by cutting the cost without cutting quality! First, I would increase the number of doctors by allowing individuals to specialize in a specific area of treatment without excessive school, which would cut the time and money it takes to become a doctor; however, this must be with care and thought so not too diminish quality of care. Secondly, fund and train start-up companies to make all of the ridiculously over-priced medical supplies competitive. Remove drugs from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and allow drug companies to test and provide evidence that their drug is safe with the present detailed testing process. Drug companies would be regulated as a “utility” and prices MUST be justified limiting profitability. Eliminate malpractice law suits, do homework on treatment options, doctors records will be posted publicly for all to see. Give incentives for proper Body Mass Index (BMI), being drug free, and not smoking from taxes collected from cigarettes and legalized marijuana, yes legalized marijuana! Finally, make low interest loans available to start-up medical facilities to limit the monopoly the big institutions have on the healthcare market.
Forcing these bold changes on the entire country would be irresponsible; this should be tested in one city or state before standardization. All of these ideas create competition and more JOBS! This all sounds good on paper, but once the trial lawyers, drug lobbyist, health insurance companies, and big hospitals get to the law makers it would never get a chance…
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