And, I agree with Leslie. I think until we have business and health care people making these decisions in Washington, it is never going to be fixed. At least correctly. It just seems that the people that run Jet Blue, Google, or other people who have turned around businesses that were prior running in the red should be involved. Even politicians who are well meaning have no way of knowing how to really fix health care.
My guess is if you polled every politician in the Congress and Senate and asked them what the reimbursements were for Medicaid, Medicare and the private insurance companies and asked them what primary care providers make compared to other specialties, they would fail the test miserably.
Just my two cents, which given the current financial crisis is probably only worth one cent if that.
I also love the way the state of Maine handles budget shortfalls on Medicaid. Rather than cutting back on Medicaid (which I understand is not good for those patients), they simply stop paying for all vaccines for private and self pay patients. That's quite the novel approach and is also sure to increase vaccination rates.
