Any person that has spent time building software or a website knows you can't just keep throwing on patch after patch and have a functioning product.
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Things start getting gummed up. Processing is slow.
Good products need a solid foundation to work from. Not stacks of patches.
Yet, that's how the #USHealthcare system was built.
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One small block at a time based on gaining insurance coverage for particularly vocal advocates of a disease state.
For example: dialysis patients.
Eventually, the US will also achieve universal coverage like other first world countries.
But the long, expensive, and complicated way.
If that's the road we're going down anyways, then we might as well commit to #UniversalHealthcare and save time, effort, money, and lives by creating the right foundation for a functioning system.
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There are many different ways to implement universal coverage:
From strongly enforcing the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act for private payers, to a public option, to a single-payer system.
All of them have examples in other countries and achieve universal coverage.
All of them are better than the patchwork system in the US.
#healthcarepolicy
Absolutely agree, The delays and denials in Medicare Advantage due to black-box prior authorization processes are unacceptable. Reintroducing this bipartisan bill is a positive step towards addressing these issues. At StatesMD, we’re committed to supporting initiatives that streamline healthcare access and improve patient outcomes.