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*Steps up on the soapbox*

I have actually come up with a way to fix our healthcare problems, but who the hell is going to listen to a 28 year old woman out of nowhere?

One of the biggest problems with healthcare is the direct costs related to it. I understand that doctors have to go to school for a long time in order to receive the kind of pay that they get, but here is what I propose:

Let there be general practitioners that only have to go to school for 3 years and make about $20 an hour. These doctors can handle everyday B.S. and so many people would utilize the service that there would be a great demand for it as well as people going to school because it won't take 8 years. These doctors are limited to taking care of general problems such as flu shots, giving out antibiotics, and lower grade medications that your normal family doctor passes on to you.

Now specialists do earn their money by specializing in a field, so they can still charge a premium of like $100 per patient. This is a little easier to come up with than the 1,000 or so that they charge now, and they can go to school for 2 years less clocking in at 6 years. Keep in mind the classes that will be cut would be useless things that have no relation to healthcare.

Prescriptions are able to be handed out by the doctors on the low grade end. This will keep costs even across the board. Specialty medicines may cost more, but there should be a cap on what can be charged.

I know it is not a perfect plan, but we need to work on costs more than anything, and make it easier for everyone to go to the doctor. At $20 to see a general doctor it would not be that hard to come up with the money and like another $5 for scripts.

I know that the pharmecutical companies would never allow this because they have such a large say as to what goes on in our country via lobbying, but just a thought.

The biggest issue that needs to be solved is not insurance, but the total cost of healthcare.

*Steps down from soapbox*