The sanctity of life is very Precious

The sanctity of life is very precious, at least in most western cultures. If someone gets sick or injured there is some sort of medical attention available. At least to some degree. We speak of socialized medicine, Medicaid and Medicare as if they were our birthright, which isn't stretching the truth one bit. Medical attention should not only be available to the affluent, or to those fortunate enough to be paying into some sort of medical plan but to individuals.

Imagine switching jobs and being illegible for medical treatment until ninety days have passed, or six months or even a year. The whole employment picture would be thrown into ciaos. Switching jobs would be a crapshoot at best. One would have to think twice and perhaps a third time for a very good reason to make the change. To top this off we see medical payment plans for both employers and co-payments by employees skyrocket. Some companies have begun to evaluate their medical payment plans on a year basis.

Doctors and hospitals in the past have always had their respective expenses. Yet costs have increased beyond expectations. What is different today than there was in the past? Several things come to mind

.Exorbitant awards for medical malpractice being passed on to the patient.
.Doctors trying to recoup their college expenses in as short a time as possible and
.The inefficiency of hospital medical supply chain where there is a definite shelf life.

The patient, the ultimate consumer, should know which hospitals, as well as which doctors, have the highest death rate so as to be able to make an intelligent choice before they elect to have surgery. Hospitals should be rated as to which are the most efficient as to cost per patient. Ambulance chasing lawyers should have a cap places on any awards to reduce their voracious appetites in fee collections.

"Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob and kill you too." Anton Chekhov (1860 - 1904) Russian dramatist & short story author


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