If you can fix the U.S. Health Care System..

[Guest MarvinisaLunatic]

Fix the Health Care System, Win a Prize

 

By REBECCA COOK, Associated Press Writer

 

SEATTLE - A $10,000 prize can be yours! All you have to do is fix America's ailing health care system.

 

A health care consultant in Seattle is sponsoring the contest to spark new ideas and start a debate about health care reform.

 

So far about 100 people and groups have entered, including doctors, lawyers, a Los Angeles venture capital firm and the daughter of a Navajo healer.

 

"We need to start talking about our health care system. It doesn't work," Kathleen O'Connor said.

 

Nationwide, 41 million people lack health insurance, according to 2001 Census Bureau (news - web sites) figures.

 

The deadline for completed plans is July 1; entry fees range from $10 for senior citizens and students to $500 for corporations. O'Connor has recruited eight judges from across the country and is looking for a ninth. All are from various professions with experience in health care.

 

"I'm not interested in ideological purity or elegant design," said contest judge Ed Howard, vice president of the Alliance for Health Reform. "I want something that works."

 

O'Connor said she will pay the winner with money from entry fees and, if necessary, from her own pocket.

 

The top three entries will be forwarded to the state's congressional delegation.

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On the Net:

 

http://www.oconnorhealthanalyst.com/contest.html

 

The contest a ripoff by the way. The value of fixing the Health Care system would be worth much more money than just $10,000.

[Guest kkktookmybabyaway]

Here's my solution:

 

Don't get sick...

[Guest DrTom]

The contest a ripoff by the way. The value of fixing the Health Care system would be worth much more money than just $10,000.

And how much money would you get if you suggested the National Health Care Panacea in an email to your Congressman? Or at some $500-a-plate political fundraiser?

 

Exactly.

[Guest RobJohnstone]

Another one would be save some money and buy healthcare. If you don't buy those $150 jordan sneakers or go out to eat every meal, you can save alot of money to insure yourself. Call me crazy but people spend money in this country on luxeries they shouldn't, and then want the government to step in and help them pay for health bills. Honestly the only way to save the system is to be conservative with your money so you could afford health care and or other things that you really have to have. Or like kkk said don't get sick.

 

--Rob

[Guest kkktookmybabyaway]

I remember back in the Dem. primaries, Bradley suggested ONE way that people could improve their healthcare situation was to watch what they eat and exercise.

 

Well, the Gore camp found this idea to be so far out there that volunteers would heckle Bradley at his campaign stops by having old farts in sweat suits doing exercises, mocking him.

 

But then again, if you don't take care of yourself, how can you sue McDonalds and Joe Camel?...

[Guest RobJohnstone]

I am surprised at that seeing as how gore worships mother nature

 

--Rob

[Guest hardyz1]

I haven't been in the hospital since 1991 when I broke my ankle. Last year I got an ear infection, but that just required a trip to the medical center.

[Guest Olympic Slam]

Here's a start: get the government OUT of the health care system altogether. Deregulate insurance agencies so that insurance is ONLY for disasterous occurences and not for every single little preventative item.

 

Here's an argument/research paper I wrote like two years ago in community college English on why the U.S shouldn't have National Health Care. It outlines some of the major problems with our current system and is heavily influenced by the Libertarian point of view.

http://www.geocities.com/matteaunet/Random/health.html