Challengers debate health care
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
A pair of Senate hopefuls at either end of the health care debate are meeting up for a town hall this evening in Allentown. Conspicuously absent is their main opponent — and the senator who may have the most say on reform — Arlen Specter.
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Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak and Republican challenger Pat Toomey don't agree about health care reform. Sestak is in favor of a public health insurance option, while Toomey favors tax breaks for buying private plans. But the two do have one thing in common. Chris Borick, a professor at Muhlenberg College, is moderating tonight's town hall.
Borick: They have one striking commonality. They both want to beat Arlen Specter…But it will be interesting to see how they relate on a one on one forum. It should be a very engaging night.
Borick says the meeting may focus more on the candidates than their positions.
Borick: When this race ends, the issue of healthcare reform may be fairly settled. So a lot of the discussion tonight will be I think to identify the broader stance of these two individuals as candidates for public office. What approaches do they want?
Specter was not invited to the town hall. Borick says Sestak and Toomey may see that exclusion as beneficial to their competition. Specter may have more influence on health reform than either candidate, especially if Congress passes a reform bill before next year's Senate race.
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Reduce Health Care Costs by 80% While Improving Care:
1) Open up Med Schools,
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Completely missing from the healthcare debate is the substandard performance on the part of doctors driving costs to unsustainable levels. Firsthand horrific experiences aside, this profession has no real oversight from those they ‘serve’ and often arrogantly dismissive of patient input. But patients are not only disallowed from having input into their own health care and health maintenance, but are scoffed at when the topic of internet research is raised.
Doctors are not gods. They’re highly fallible humans who too often prescribe pills to placate symptoms rather than provide intelligent diagnoses for permanent cures and are either ill trained, or too focused on pay while stacking long lines in waiting rooms.
More nurses and Physician’s Assistants, more responsibility for those folks will solve a multitude of horrendous problems that Doctors are creating. Stop allowing greedy Doctors to stuff patients into waiting rooms, pay them by salary only. And open up Med Schools to supply the industry with more physicians.