Saturday, August 1, 2009

The Essential Requirements of Reformed Health Care

Although I am a member of AAPS, I have not been happy with their input into the reform of Health Care. For the first time today AAPS issued a POSITIVE statement for the dialogue. I can support this 100% as an addition to my letter to President Obama.

* improve the quality of care by encouraging innovation;
* decrease systems-gaming and nonproductive work related to justifying price-
controlled fees;
* allow physicians to concentrate on healing rather than constantly changing
administrative rules;
* restore the patient/physician relationship and the joy of practicing medicine;
* increase supply, availability, and competition, and thus decrease costs and make
it easier to serve those who are most in need of help; and
* discourage frivolous or predatory litigation.

http://www.aapsonline.org/newsoftheday/00406

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