The Physicians Who Care Plan
Preserving Quality and Equitability in American Medicine
- Ronald S. Bronow, MD;
- Robert A. Beltran, MD;
- Stephen C. Cohen, MD;
- Paul T. Elliott, MD;
- Gordon M. Goldman, MD;
- Seth G. Spotnitz, MD
Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text.
Excerpt
THE AMERICAN health care system is under siege. The costs of advanced technology continue to overwhelm any short-term savings from managing care. This has led to a crisis situation, creating a need to develop new policies immediately.1
During the past several years, it has been generally agreed on that we must expand access to health care to all Americans. But how? The issue is whether we should build on the existing employer-based and private insurance system or abandon it and replace it with a taxpayer-financed system. Concerned parties across the country are now choosing sides.
One side argues that, in order to guarantee health care access to all, we should have a national health care program based on the Canadian system.2 It is the belief of Physicians Who Care that such a program will not work in the United States.3
We propose, instead, an extensive reshaping of
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