Proud Libertarian
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I know there is a lot of contention about government funding an increased portion of medical costs at the moment. Putting that aside, lets think about supply and demand. I assume most of you with even a basic grasp of economics will agree that increasing the supply of medicine will make medicine more affordable for everybody. What do you think about the following options to increase the supply of medical services?
1 Allow more certifications of universities to offer medical degrees. They would of course have to meet standards, but more doctors need to be trained.
2 Allow more doctors educated over seas in non US accredited programs to practice medicine here…After they have proven through testing to be competent.
3 Allow more lower tier medical professionals do some of the more rudimentary work doctors do now. Do you really need to pay a doctor $300 an hour to do some stitches a nurse ends up doing anyhow?
4 Allow more drugs to be OTC rather than by prescription only which would save us the need of a $300 doctor visit to get a prescription for a $30 medication our pharmacist could tell us all about.
5 Legal reform that protects doctors so they don’t have to recommend testing that is primarily ordered to shield them against litigation.
6 Up front quotes. Doctors and hospitals would have to give you a relatively accurate quote about what various services will cost prior to giving those services (when at all possible).
1 Allow more certifications of universities to offer medical degrees. They would of course have to meet standards, but more doctors need to be trained.
2 Allow more doctors educated over seas in non US accredited programs to practice medicine here…After they have proven through testing to be competent.
3 Allow more lower tier medical professionals do some of the more rudimentary work doctors do now. Do you really need to pay a doctor $300 an hour to do some stitches a nurse ends up doing anyhow?
4 Allow more drugs to be OTC rather than by prescription only which would save us the need of a $300 doctor visit to get a prescription for a $30 medication our pharmacist could tell us all about.
5 Legal reform that protects doctors so they don’t have to recommend testing that is primarily ordered to shield them against litigation.
6 Up front quotes. Doctors and hospitals would have to give you a relatively accurate quote about what various services will cost prior to giving those services (when at all possible).