I've seen some of the proposals by the presidential candidates advocating expanded health insurance coverage. Is this subsidizing health insurance companies? Are companies that are in business for a profit the best means for health care?
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Just expanding the system is not the answer as the system is bloated and inefficient. We need to have more efficient choices in our health care. There was a system which I saw proposed in California where smaller clinics would be opened up in strip malls and community centers. Staffed by Nurse practitioners and Physicians assistants and working in consort with doctors, they would be allowed to take care of simple illnesses and injuries that clog the emergency rooms now. The cost savings alone would more than make up for the initial cash outlay to start the clinics up.
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