Sweeping Demands on Health Care, Pt.4 – Wait, there’s more
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The 39% who complained that of the difficulty of reaching
their doctors by phone for medical needs reflects an
approachability problem. Since these areas are not incentives
within our current health insurance/care system, it needs to be
reformed to reward results more directly and less on the
quantity of treatment. A viable health insurance/care system
must focus on recovery results and not just on ordering
treatment. Wait-times and extended scheduling are always a
problem. It’s surprising this percentage is so low but,
perhaps, the 26% having difficulty getting same- or next- day
appointments when sick are probably the more extreme cases.
Emergencies notwithstanding, wait times seem to be universal
around the world. Just having health insurance still doesn’t
create enough doctors to go around. This was the whole premise
for the Emergency Room concept. Three or more days can become
questionable in some circumstances, but follow-ups to emergency
care might, typically, be a week. Health Care centers have been
established all around the country for those who can’t wait
three days. But, again, with the ever-present shortage of
doctors, intermediates will probably always be the rule.
As to recommendations on health insurance/care reform, there
are plenty. There is also a unified consensus on many of the
issues. For example 90% (or nine out of every 10 American
adults) expressed minimums to this reform. Those minimums were:
- Improve health care quality with higher standards,
- Ensure that all Americans can afford health care
and health insurance,
- Decrease the unacceptably high number of those
without health insurance.
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