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Composite of Responses from Task Force Doctors
* Absolutely must get away from commercial insurers with
myriad forms and procedures
* Results-oriented, assessors, managed care, generally
accepted medical procedures have merit; and should be
developed and refined
* Only a market-driven system stands a chance of long-term
survival (capitalism vs. socialism, especially commun-
istic socialism)
* State and federal governments should not be involved in
medical services
* Competition in medicine is really quite localized, i.e.,
patients rarely travel more than 15 miles for treatment
* Malpractice threat leads through fear to defensive
medicine, which leads to increased doctor's fees,
which leads to huge medical costs.
(America most litigious country in the world)
* Need to curb abuse of medical system, and abuse of emer-
gency room services through patient co-payments
* Need to address current medical system problems to bring
the joy of practicing medicine back, as well as
recruiting more students to medical and nursing schools.