Fix Health Care With Simplicity

This is a very important and difficult question. My opinion is that the least insurance companies are part of the solution the better. Certainly catastrophic insurance is necessary, although it seems that health care that might be more affordable if the non-catostrophic health insurance was eliminated. I provide halth care for free as does every doctor I know as part of their regular practice. With escalating premiums and shrinking incomes for nurses, other health care professionals and doctors, no wonder people are starting to question the role of health insurance companies.

According to Time magazine, doctor's incomes have gone down every year for the last 15 years. If nurses aren't exceeding inflation, where is the money going that everyone says is increasing health care costs each year? The only people in a position to judge what is necessary are informed health care providers and the subsequently informed people or patients they serve. Of course there are health care professionals that are more interested in money than helping people. I have not met these health care professional yet and I would then assume they are a small minority. This small group is no reason to assume that most health care professionals need supervision from an insurance company that is trying to hold onto your premiums and make it difficult for you to obtain the care you need. Maybe if the insurance companies were not participating other than for catastrophic care, health care costs might not outstrip inflation.

Years ago I saw experts interviewed about the new direction in restaurants. One expert from Manhattan suggested that people are going to demand better food and better service so that higher priced restaurants was the way to go. The second guest owned pizza restaurant's in Southern California and he felt that people were moving toward high quality food in casual environments that were clean and yet not fancy. The last guest owned steak restaurants in Chicago. His perspective made the most sense to me. He said that if any business treated their employees right, then the employees would treat the customers well and make sure they got what they came for. With this simple approach, customers would come back, making for a profitable business that served the community.

If the solution to solve health care in America doesn't include health care professionals being treated with respect and a fair wage for their work, then health care problems will continue. It is a simple yet important idea that I think is right. Let me know what you think, because I care, and I need feedback.