I’m seeing quite a few opinion pieces today that deal with health care reform in one way or another—pieces about physicians “burnout”, the impending catastrophe of the Medicare trust fund, etc.
In my opinion any health care reform worthy of the name would result in reducing Medicare compensation rates. It’s a simple matter of mathematics.
I don’t think that can or should be done in a hurry but gradually and carefully. That’s not the direction in which we are presently headed. Whether you’re a Bernie Sanders “Medicare for All!” supporter or an advocate for the complete privatization of health care, people are talking about massive overnight changes. IMO whatever their form such would be catastrophic.
What form should health care reform take? My predisposition is towards a public health approach with a fairly limited menu of procedures covered by a common insurance program and not much else. Greatly reduced rates accompanied by forgiveness of med school student debt. Since such a plan would satisfy practically nobody I don’t expect anything of the sort to be accpeted.
What form should it take?
