PJTV's 'Medically Incorrect': Rx for Failing Healthcare System

'Medically Incorrect' host Dr. Peter Weiss talks to physicians and healthcare professionals to determine the best prescription for our failing healthcare system.
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[mgabbard]

Ironically - Dr. Weiss' suggestions are included in the Republican proposal that has been totally ignored by the Democrats - the same Democrats that claim the Republican's aren't wanting to contribute to the solution.

We could implement all 3 of Dr. Weiss' suggestions and make drastic improvements to the system and drive down costs and it wouldn't cost 1 penny of you tax money to do it.

So why are they not pursuing this? Because it puts the power in the hands of the people.

Thanks PJTV !

[JonOccamBluecollar]

It's not going to happen with Dems at the helm, they will make sure that there is a reason to pivot our military operations in Afghanistan as a political poker chip against Republicans.

How nice of them to intentionally neglect our mission there to win a political argumenting token of "repubs were wrong about Afghanistan." I mean its not like our troops will suffer by being undermanned, under funded and short supplied.

[bgoods9956]

@mgabbard Good comment...but not ironic.

[TheHabit00]

obama is gay!

[AmMedAss1]

OK. The broad is bitching about all the billing codes. But the AMA CONTROLS ALL THIS CPT CODING! Not only that, if you want to know the precise codes, you have to pay for the info, whether you are a patient or a healthcare provider! If this isn't pay for play, I don't know what is!

[AmMedAss1]

Bwa-ha-ha! Crybaby doctor and bitchy billing manager with their attitude how DARE the consumer (patient) question their judgment! "I'm board certified" the doctor whines. That's a euphemism for an AMA good ol' boy, i.e., "I am a god in a white coat." These greedy overcoding bastards get away with scalping the healthcare consumer. Where's the fee charges plainly exposed in a croaker's office? This healthcare debate has nothing to do with politics. It has everything to do with consumers rights.

[jjohnsoc]

OMG I could kiss this man. I've been saying the competition-across-state-lines thing for years. OMG. OMG. I'm having a hot flash. I gotta go do Crossfit. OMG.

[anfiach]

Excellent suggestions. However, we do need to stop taking worst case scenarios and pushing them as though they were common place. Denial of care and coverage is not so wide spread as we are lead to believe. We must also do away with the lie that no insurance = no access to care. As Dr. Weiss pointed out, cost is the issue and more government interference will only compound the problem.

[boxant]

Great video.

I agree with all the suggestions made. Very reasonable and pragmatic changes that would greatly improve the US system.

[A1dan0Neill]

Statistically speaking, it is safer to be a Soldier in Baghdad then to be a Police Officer in Detroit. We are winning the peace in Iraq, and the surge caused that. If we do the same in Afghanistan, then it will help us to win the peace.

[JonOccamBluecollar]

But for your topic of the Gulf war, why you bring it up is still beyond me. Our troop surge did not fail, the Iraqi government is still in place, infact statistically our troops are now safer in Iraq than in Afghanistan, especially since we have handed over urban control to the Iraqi Military.

For the first gulf war, eh, our mission was to repel saddam out of kuwait and make his army operationally ineffective for 10 years. I'd say we accomplished that.