tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076839327674215825.post8816866347910803164..comments2024-03-27T05:14:34.288-04:00Comments on Medinnovation And Health Reform: Health Reform: Academic Health Economists Versus RepublicansRichard L. Reece, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446550629857699574noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076839327674215825.post-21117084260370372882009-10-29T09:40:17.032-04:002009-10-29T09:40:17.032-04:00Michael, you are right. The answer is you can'...Michael, you are right. The answer is you can't superimpose a government entitlement system on the present system without causing costs to explode, which is why Medicare and Medicaid are financial train wrecks. Like you, I do not see how we can extend these programs to cover all the population. Also if we add 30 million more to the insured rolls, given the current doctor shortage, we will have a health care crisis that dwarfs the current "crisis." Universal coverage without universal access is meaningless. Let's go for practical affordable incremental reforms, not impratical impossible to enforce or execute big government reforms.Richard L. Reece, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03446550629857699574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076839327674215825.post-41227373390054690012009-10-29T07:49:02.335-04:002009-10-29T07:49:02.335-04:00The academics are parroting the Obama health care ...The academics are parroting the Obama health care doctrine. More government control. More access. More medical mediocrity. Remind me, how do they control the costs that are suffocating us? At least the GOP recognizes that the government shouldn't be the nation's doctor. Are the public options Medicare and Medicaid doing so well that we should extend the model across the country? See www.MDWhistleblower.blogspot.comMichael Kirsch, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07555280388086931097noreply@blogger.com