| Maybe our health care system would benefit | | | | (county, etc.) hospitals (at least) minimal care, |
| from a little old-fashioned capitalism. Here are | | | | where poor people can be treated, even though |
| some ideas: | | | | they may have to stand in line. |
| - Keep the federal government out of it. Let free | | | | - Pay doctors (and especially surgeons) less. |
| enterprise take care of this. | | | | Recruit medical students who are more |
| - Don't dictate that all employers must provide | | | | concerned with the health of patients than with |
| health insurance. This will only drive costs up on | | | | money. Let's see if we can get some younger |
| everything. Let free enterprise take care of this | | | | doctors who are willing to squeak by on only a |
| too. | | | | few hundred thousand dollars per year. |
| - Make the patient pay for a certain portion of all | | | | At the core of the health care problem are its |
| of the expensive tests and surgical procedures | | | | outrageous costs. Health care reform doesn't |
| that doctors perform, many of which are | | | | need to force small business owners to provide |
| unnecessary. Maybe we could also put a cap on | | | | health insurance. This would only drive up costs on |
| the (currently outrageous) costs for certain tests, | | | | everything. Neither does reform need to dictate |
| such as MRIs and CT scans. | | | | identical coverage for everyone, or restrict certain |
| - Don't dictate identical coverage for everyone. | | | | care for the elderly. Health care reform simply |
| Remember that being able to afford certain things | | | | needs to address the ever-increasing costs of |
| has always been a problem for most people. If a | | | | health care, with less influence from the |
| person cannot afford medical treatment or health | | | | government and insurance companies, and more |
| insurance, then he can often go to a free | | | | empowerment to the patient. |