10 RULES TO FIX HEALTH CARE

HEALTH CARE IS NOT FOR MAKING MONEY!

IT IS FOR HELPING SICK PEOPLE.

1. HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS MUST NOT BE FOR-PROFIT BUSINESSES.

   The only healthcare businesses making a profit should be vanity healthcare sellers (e.g., cosmetic surgery or sex change).

   How much a health care professional needs to live on or to pay back student loans must not be part of salary decisions.

    

2. THERE MUST BE NO MONOPOLIES OR MONOPOLY POWERS IN HEALTH CARE.

   Doctors and other professionals must not band together into practices with more than 5 doctors.

   There must be enough independent doctors that nearest appointment times are not months away.

    

3. PRICES AND ESTIMATES MUST NOT BE MORE THAN 5 PERCENT ABOVE ACTUAL COST.

   It is wrongdoing to raise charges to get insurance companies and individuals to pay more.

    

4. PATENT, COPYRIGHT, AND TRADEMARK ROYALTIES MUST TOTAL NO MORE THAN 5 PERCENT OF ACTUAL COST.

   It is wrongdoing to use high charges to get insurance companies and individuals to pay more.

    

5. THERE SHALL BE NO COMPETITION-FREE PERIODS TO RECOVER DEVELOPMENT COSTS.

   Development costs must be recovered through sales.

    

6. LAWSUITS AND COLLECTION AGENCIES SHALL NOT BE USED TO COLLECT HEALTHCARE BILLS.

   Government must pay partially for bills patients are unable to pay.

    

7. HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS MUST NOT USE PURCHACE PROCEDURES THAT KEEP SOME PATIENTS FROM USING INSURANCE.

   Insurance must not require purchase procedures that keep some patients (especially immobile ones) from using insurance.

    

8. HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS MUST GIVE PATIENTS THE CHOICE OF WHICH AUXILIARY SERVICE PROVIDERS TO USE.

   Patients must be given prices and a choice of which ambulance, x-ray, and other specialist services to use.

    

9. A MEDICAL PRODUCT BEING IN A ROOM WITH A PATIENT DOES NOT MAKE IT MEDICAL WASTE IF IT IS NEVER USED.

   Items that are sealed from contamination or can be disinfected should be reused.

    

10. THERE SHALL BE NO RENTAL CHARGE FOR THE USE OF A ROOM.

    Only actual costs of the use of the room may be charged, not real estate rental or space used.

     

No more rich medical people.