A Cheaper Health Package

Greg Mankiw brings Us links to Robin Hanson and David Cutler. Both are good articles, but examine the Issue of Health Care under stressed Conditions. They and you, the Readers, need to understand there will always be a mix of provision between the Public and Private sectors when it comes to Health Care in this Country. Patients want Public supervision of Medical provision, while Economists and Business personnel want the Profit-making activity of the Private Sector. I can say to Hanson, Cutler, and the Reading Public that they will never define an real degree of significance of difference in whatever Sector provides the medical care. Of course, the above issue is not the real driving force behind the continuous debate: Here, it is Who gets the Money?

A sensible split between both Sectors remains the most sensible venue to adopt. Periodic Health Care should obviously be conducted by the Public Sector; it being the most expensive in total Cost, while Government organization of Services the cheapest aggregation of total Health inputs necessary. I advocate passage of a Law stating all Citizens will have a yearly Health Checkup at a localized Government facility on their Birth Date every year; the Charge being a set amount placed upon All, which I would set around $100, but all necessary Medical Tests will be conducted at whatever Cost necessary paid by the Government. The Government by law entailed to utilize its Purchase capacity to get the best Price for Drugs and Equipment. The value of periodic Checkups is gained, while the Cost of such medical provision is minimized. Medical Counseling will be provided for the Patient’s evaluation of his Health, along with lists of potential medical treatments for found ailments available in the area.

The next amendment of law would allow Pharmacists to proscribe a much greater list of all Drugs, except for Opiates or synthetic Drugs of like nature. A Government Committee of Doctors will be commissioned to supervise Pharmacy Proscriptions, and entailed to publish the necessary information for prevention of dangerous conjunctive use of Drug types. Pharmacists must be granted immunity from Liability for Drug provision which stays within the guidelines of the Government Committee. It is estimated that a decently-administrated Program of this nature would eliminate 35-40% of all Clinic and Doctor visits, an immense Savings in health care Cost while giving Doctors the advantage of expanding their Patient load.

The first Proposal will cut 12% of current Health Care Costs, by early detection of serious medical conditions; at about One-Third of the Cost per Patient of Private Sector provision of these Services. The Second Proposal would cut about 28% of current Health Care provision, while expanding the quality of such provision. Drug Costs can be seriously reduced by legal insistence that Pharmacists proscribe the cheapest Generic capable of providing relief to the medical condition of Customers. The Total effort could reduce the medical provision Cost by half, as advocated by Hansen. lgl