in addendum to my post above.
look.
think back to before all of this medicare and medicaid business.
think back to the times before doctoring became a business... it was a profession yes... and you had to make money at it for it to make sense yes... but it was not a business per say.
Doctors made house calls existed.
regular family physicians were common place... a family saw one doctor all the time, he knew them all by name, he would visit when called upon or be available in the office to them... sometimes in the middle of the night if need be.
in my life - the only doctor i ever saw regularly and routinely who knew me by name was my pediatric doctor when i was barely old enough to speak.
once i grew out of the routine booster shots and vaccinations etc - i cant recall the name of a single doctor i have ever been to in my life except for the doctor who performs my routine aviation physicals every year.
we need to figure out a way to standardize health insurance plans - so that while some plans are slightly better than other plans... they really are not all that different.
we need to figure out a way to mix today's high tech health care with the personal care of yesteryear and we need to do that in such a way so as to keep the federal government from determining what is best for you or your loved one.
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