Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Dear Senator Warren: we love our private insurancd companies [View all]Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)Expand the role fo the Surgeon General to managing the US Health and hospital system.
From the ground up, build a network of publicly owned preventative health/family practitioner clinics and offices, hospitals, and specialist office buildings. - added benefit massive jobs bill.
Education bill tied to it that will cover and offer:
-Expanded classroom availability for greatly increasing the pool of hospital technicians, xray techs, nurses, doctors, and hospital administrative trades.
- in larger metropolitan areas, creation of new specialty schools/universities in or adjacent to impoverished neighborhoods which again would create jobs that will help said neighborhoods, AND use those added classrooms to expand a large pool of hospital health care professionals development.
- in the existing schools in those neighborhoods beef up the curriculum to help students better prepare for the new specialty schools/universities.
- for students provided the opportunity to expand their education into the new healthcare system, tie a post education to a reasonable pay scale employment contract upon completion of their program.. for example, you get 2 years of X-ray or medical technician training compliments of the government, you must agree to work for 4 years at one of the government healthcare facilities/clinics at a living wage that may be less than someone who paid or went into debt for their own education in the private sector.
Make the costs for using these facilities income proportional. Make those that still maintain private insurance exempt from having to make the co-payments. Because there would be no shareholders, or capitalist need for profits, these same clinics facilities and hospitals would incentivize the insurance providers to pass on incentives to their customers for electing to use these facilities. After all, when you no longer have to make a profit, you can provide the same services for much less actual cost.
Education + Jobs + healthcare + providing opportunities for the betterment of impoverished neighborhoods all rolled into one package.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided