Currently, anyone who needs emergency medical care receives same through local emergency rooms. Often, those who receive such care do not have an ability to pay for the care which results in the general public ultimately paying for all such care. Available estimates calculate the unpaid fees in excess of two hundred billion dollars. In addition, there can be no argument that medical care through hospitals, as well as other venues, is expensive.
While Obamacare has had some impact in various areas, it has not truly changed the landscape of expensive medical care. Moreover, national insurance plans and so-called “socialized” medicine are known failures associated with the provision of quality care in those countries that have such systems.
The build-out of new federally-driven new medical centers in significant population centers across the country can help in fact change the landscape of the provision of hospital-based medical care. First, these medical centers will all be linked in sharing the latest medical technology and methods. These medical centers will also have means testing for payment requirements. Perhaps most importantly, there will be medical negligence lawsuit amount limitations as part of the consent of service thereby greatly limiting the self-insurance retentions for each institution. An integral part of each center would be medical educational units that will effectuate an employment “farm-system”.
The build-out will also employ thousands of construction workers as well as all of the new medical center employees.
The new medical centers will also relieve hospital traffic to the privately-held medical centers and enhance profitability of those medical centers thus enabling even higher-level care for the individuals that choose to go there.