Charles W. Patterson, MD
Charles W. Patterson is a psychiatrist.
Policy
Is it possible that some do not understand that to promote Healthcare Savings Accounts is the most effective thing we could do to preserve traditional medical practice? In a true doctor-patient relationship only doctors and patients discuss the options agree…
Is it possible that some do not understand that to promote Healthcare Savings Accounts is the most effective thing we could do to preserve traditional medical practice? In a true doctor-patient relationship only doctors and patients discuss the options agree to the treatments and handle the money. No third party touches any of these.
If everyone had a HSA it would be just like the good old days, only better. Everyone …
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Can HSAs restore the doctor patient relationship?
Policy
Health care reform has long been one of my main interests and currently, it seems to be everyone else's. The President said he thought a single-payer system would be best, but submitted a proposal he thought could be passed. The…
Health care reform has long been one of my main interests and currently, it seems to be everyone else’s. The President said he thought a single-payer system would be best, but submitted a proposal he thought could be passed. The outcome is in doubt.
Actually, the single-payer system is the second best possible solution. The government would hold the money but would remain vulnerable to political manipulation, bureaucratic inefficiency.
The best system …
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Why health care savings accounts should play a larger role in reform
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