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Patient Centered Learning: The solution is to permit alternatives to rigid institutions, utilize free internet programs, and have medical students assist practicing physicians by assisting practicing physicians in taking patient histories. These students would offer valuable, free services to doctors. At the same time, they would have a vivid learning experience by spending several hours each day interacting with actual patients. The Cost Of Medical Education Would Be Negligible. The expense of healthcare is directly proportional to the cost of the doctor's education. With the institutional bottleneck gone, there would be a greater number of doctors, and the cost of healthcare would plummet.

Wellpoint's Maine subsidiary sued the state of Maine when it refused to guarantee a 3% profit on the heads of 12,000 individual policy subscribers. They're spending close to $1 million on legal fees to fight the case, rather than use people's premiums to pay for medical coverage. || Quote from video: "I don't think ANYONE is worth $9 million a year; they spend $ millions on lobbyists--can they be sued for BRIBERY?

"I think this is the civil rights issue of our generation: access to appropriate healthcare is a human right." ~Mad as Hell Doctors

While 45,000 die every year for lack of health insurance, "The GOP health insurance reform plan is this: Just don't get sick! And if you do--die quickly!" Or...first, go bankrupt. Then get on your knees and beg for charity. If this doesn't work, then resort to the final solution: "Die quickly!"