Turning Point USA

I especially liked the video about him on recess from congress going home and performing surgery, I may be wrong, but I think he did it gratis a few times. He is the kind of person we are supposed to be electing (according to our founding fathers) Has a real job to go back to when not in DC. and then interacts with the people of his area. LOL, and I guess we could call surgery and "Interaction"

Yes, that's likely to be true though I can't prove it. I've met him before several years ago and he's got a heart of gold. He's a great speaker and oftentimes speaks from the heart. What we saw 12-18 months ago in the Republican debates is his true self. He's polite and waits his turn. Speak when spoken to. I do feel that he should've been more assertive during that process, as many voters were likely turned off on how little time he received with his microphone on and lack of interruptions. His responses to the questions themselves, honestly I feel, were probably the best of the 17 candidates initially.

I know, the open debates like we keep getting, are not run by people who I think have a concept of what a debate should be to most people. I would prefer them to ask a question, and then (in order which changes for each question) EVERYONE answers the question. Gary Johnson got the same treatment, but even worse, only one question the whole night.

Very true!

LTC Kevin Broom, PHD, I have talked to many Dr's and when we are talking about it, a common complaint that I hear is that they are having patients shoved at them so fast that they do not have the time to diagnose the one they are with unless they force the time in. I have been lucky with the MD's that I have dealt with at the VA, but my problems are generally pretty simple and straight forward, for which they express appreciation, However everyone that I have talked to has 8 or 10 patients that they would really like to spend more time with, but they just do not have the time to do it for. Also, this as Mr Paul and yourself both pointed out, is why we DO have a Dr shortage, because many refuse to work under those conditions. They WANT to help, but they want to do it correctly, and having buerucrats steaming down their neck is not what they want to deal with. Many of these Dr's are working shifts, that anywhere outside of the Military would be considered cruel and unusual boardering on slave labor conditions. and they do it because the really do want to help, but we push too many good ones out because few want to work that way.

SGT Eric Knutson - I don't debate your main point about physicians. However, a disconnect exists with the physicians' desire for autonomy (to practice their craft the way they want), and doing so within a market-based setting. Sure, they wish they had more time to spend with each individual patient. I'm sure mechanics want to take more time with each individual engine rebuild. I'm sure commercial painters would like to take more time with each individual paint job. I'm sure management consultants would like to take more time with each individual client. I'm sure restaurant owners would love to allow their customers to dine at their leisure. And, I'm sure all of these people would love to make a good living while doing so. Problem is...that's not how a market-based system works. You have to be efficient, and the market forces will place pressure on you to move onto the next patient, the next rebuild, or paint job, or consulting gig, or diner, etc. They can't have it both ways. They can't charge a premium for their services while taking their time with each patient. Something has to give. Our country already spends at least twice as much, per capita, on healthcare than any other country in the world. Healthcare already is closing in on 20% of our overall economy. Something has to give. I think our healthcare system is unsustainable as a true market-based system, and the industry is not going to reform itself.

LTC Kevin B. - well, part of the reason we spend so much money on health care is 2 main reason that I have witnessed myself. (from the patient side, I am NOT in the healthcare field in any way, only talk to my Dr's and Nurses) 1, we have become a country of hypercondriacts (I know I did not spell correctly) people self diagnose that they have every ailment under the sun and make the Dr waste his time proving to them it is only an ingrown toenail, or the 24 hr flu. because we have big pharma pushing their pills that do not even fix the problem, they only cover it up with a worse problem. and 2 (which as I am writing this occurs to me as part of #1) people are coming into the hospital with ailments that Mom used to take care of at home with chicken noodle soup and bed rest. or Jr fell off the swing set and got a bruise that we used to just shake off and go about playing after a few minutes, none the worse for wear, but maybe just a little smarter. These are eating up the time that the Dr could spend on those cases that NEED their attention more (the ones they would like to spend taking care of the more difficult diagnosis)
Just my 2 cents