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PyaarRevolution

(814 posts)
Mon Jan 25, 2016, 02:12 PM Jan 2016

The one two punch for universal medicare: tuition free college.

Now Bernie has talked about how much we will save with a Medicare for all program but here's the rub. Healthcare costs will go down further PAST that threshold when newly indebted graduated doctors get some real student loan debt relief. Additionally, the doctors coming out of med school without even worrying about that Millstone around their neck will help.
I haven't even brought up the students who will go on through Med School because they don't have to worry about debt. Lastly, it is my hope that enough caring, competent doctors will slowly fill into the establishment that we won't have that 21 hour day for interns/doctors. That, my friends, is a recipe for disaster which brings me to one of the biggest issues: Malpractice insurance. Shifting doctors to an 8 hour day will drop the doctor errors from fatigue which likely accounts for a large part of malpractice.

Thoughts?

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The one two punch for universal medicare: tuition free college. (Original Post) PyaarRevolution Jan 2016 OP
Malpractice insurance is high because the insurance industry is a parasite. The point of Vincardog Jan 2016 #1

Vincardog

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1. Malpractice insurance is high because the insurance industry is a parasite. The point of
Mon Jan 25, 2016, 05:41 PM
Jan 2016

Winning a malpractice claim is to have the money to get the malpractice fixed.
If Health CARE is provided free for all there will be no need to get the money to fix medical errors.

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