Wife's cardiologist tell us of the two tier med care in India.
Frau's cardiologist related the story of his mominlaw who died in India. May she rest in peace. There are two systems — one government for every one and one you pay for. He relayed the story how mominlaw was in the "better" system. The hospital bill had to be paid each morning. Reviewing her chart, he saw lots of tests, meds, and stuff. He said he could not, as he would expect to be able to, figure out what the medical strategy was. He said we don't know how lucky we have it here in the USA. The college prof husband had died prior and his four month hospitalization leading to his death wiped out their savings. So our doc paid the bill. He didn't say how much. That might have been interesting also.
From my reading about India, I know about the corruption and bureaucracy in their systems. So they have a "free government system" of health care that the doc says is a disaster and a "pay as you go" system that is (slightly?) better. Sound familiar. Like the Canadian and English systems. Considering that India was a colony of England, one can't be surprised.
So, having seen Medicare up close, runing like a KGB spymaster, the affairs of three old folks, it's just as ugly. Can it compare? Maybe; maybe not.
It is CLEAR to me from my personal knowledge that:
(A) Hillary-care or any single payer (i.e., government) health care would be a disaster. We have evidence. There already exists in this country: (1) VA health care; (2) Medicare; and (3) Medicaid. We have Canada and England as foreign exemplars.
(B) The combination of private insurance and a government program "insures" a blizard of paperwork.
(C) When you have multiple private insurances regulated by State and Federal laws and regulations, then be prepared for paperwork, finger pointing, and a lot of mad medical people.
(D) One has to have an organized approach to handling the paperwork on Day 1. You can't catch up. And, you might not even be able to keep up when you're being blitzed.
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Reinke Faces Life 