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Evans
Replaceable poolitcians.
Kill one, two take it's place. As well as a review board set up to make sure he's doing his job, a task force to make sure he's not screwing up (and to watch the review board) and an advisor (or 12) to point out what he should be doing.
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In case I didn't point it out clearly, I never implied things should totally switch to having both private and public hospitals. That's nonsense.
My thoughts exactly. Good to see that clarified.
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There is, however, room for what they call "public-private partnerships", where hospitals are being kept in check and up to standards (lol) by the government. Also, no need to build more hospitals, just private clinics for minor surgeries and such. Those already exist and are currently running, AFAIK. There is no need to take an hospital bed that costs twice as much when the patient can be operated elsewhere. Hell, we have people going to the US just because they're tired of waiting.
That'll work. I've yet to hear of any operating, then again I'm somewhat out of touch with the goings on in the world. The news is depressing and boring as hell. Not to mention everything is always smoothed over with some government shine. He wasn't "stealing from the jar" he was "borrowing and investing, while planning to pay it back with interest". *cough*
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It won't go to shit, since more money will be flowing in from those who are able or willing to pay.
Yes, money would be flowing in. From the private clinics. Which suddenly makes them seem a little more promising to the doctors. And since people are paying for this service, you'd think the better staff would be involved in there. Also the staff may end up getting a cut of the profit from the operations or procedures. While staff may be shared with a "public" hospital, it just seems like things would somehow end up unbalanced.
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As for substandard, that won't do. That can't actually happen; the public wouldn't lose founding.
So these "private clinics" would be supported and run solely on money taken from the rich folks? I'm not completely sure how that'll work. Especially considering how costly a lot of procedures are. Which would then cause people to reconsider going to the private clinic, pretty much eliminating the purpose. I'm sure these clinics would have to be supported in some way by tax dollars. Money that would have once went to the public hospitals.
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What makes the present system so crappy is that it's not being controlled adequately. You have people wasting money and time for problems that a simple doctor in a simple clinic can take care of.
I agree fully with that one. Although in some cases these "problems" actually could be something worse than they first appear. I guess it kind of depends on the case and everything. But yes, simple clinics would be a good idea in a lot of cases.
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I'm almost forgetting the quotas our doctors have. They can't operate as much as they feel they can, so people have to wait. Ugh, it's a lost cause.
*cough* yeah. Bullshit alright. Sure the idea makes sense, not having an overworked doctor doing surgery, but the quotas need to be raised or altered based on how skilled/prepared the surgeon is. Simple surgery isn't exactly brain surgery. Literally.
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April's fool was last week, sorry.
That's what you think. April fools! I fucked up your calendar!
