Washington, D. C. August 19, 2008 (Commentary by eGrumps)
The Obama Administration in a desperate effort to balance the budget and eliminate the negative fiscal effect of “Universal Health Care,” has proposed allowing Americans (but not illegals) to purchase, in advance, prepaid medical junkets for overseas treatment. Anticipating a possible, though remote, rationing of medical care, the Administration intends to sell packaged trips to advanced medical care facilities in Switzerland, India and soon-to-be built clinics in Tijuana, Mexico.
The overseas medical facilities will be staffed, 100%, by American doctors and nurses who do not want to accept the reimbursement rate the government intends to pay for services they would otherwise perform in the United States.. The cost of the junket will include air-fare, medical care at an approved facility, hotel room for a spouse, and all medical treatment. The cost structure is being worked on.
The Administration spokesman stated that “The President was aware that not everyone wanted to be covered in the new health plan, and rather than having these people treated in back-alley unsanitary facilities, they intend to provide a safe and fiscally beneficial (for America) alternative. No more black market treatments – the treatments would be Class A with excellent doctors in sterile and licensed facilities. The type of proceedure and the length of treatment will determine the cost.”
The Administration felt that these junkets would be very much in demand, and the sales price could largely offset any shortfall in the cost of Universal Health Care provided for other Americans. As an added bonus to the medical profession, while tort reform was politically impossible in America, because of the great humanitarian service performed by members of the trial bar, all prepaid junkets would provide a safe haven for medical professionals providing services for the junketeers, so “tort reform” would be a part of these packages. That should help those doctors who intend to volunteer for this overseas duty.
It is a win/win/win situation for America, the patients buying these junkets and the medical professionals staffing the facilities. The Administration felt there was no downside to the plan.
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