Bert is right: The public needs to be educated.
If you total the profit that the "Healthcare Companies" in the United States made in 2010 it would pay for the actual medical care needs of every citizen in the country. I feel if all physicians would refuse to accept payment from ANY source except the patients and the government the "Healthcare Crisis" would not exist.
Providers would be able to:practice medicine for the patients benefit and not for the insurance companies profit; schedule test and labs and write prescriptions that the patients actually need; operate with two FTE instead of four or five; spend 15 to 20 minutes with patients instead of 5 or 10;etc. etc.
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