I enjoy listening to Limbaugh - but I do listen critically because of his bias. He isn't always objective. I will listen to any talk show that deals with the "issues", liberal or conservative. And we do have some liberal ones in the market I live in. Some you've got to hold your nose while listening to, ie Randy Rhodes - ugh.
On the problem of good health care insurance not being affordable for many people, and not covering enough, and the high cost of medical care in general:
I have heard that in China, there is sort of a division of labor in health care. Not all health care is delivered by fully trained "doctors" as it is in the USA.
I understand that many of the less complicated surgical procedures are performed by technicians trained to perform only that particular procedure, under the supervision of a doctor. For instance, if you needed a tonsilectomy, you would go to a place where technicians trained to do only tonsilectomies do thousands of them, day in -day out. Their protocals are written by a doctor who oversees the program. Because the technicians are not doctors, and only have limited training, the cost should be cheaper.
I havn't verified whether its true or not, but it makes sense. There are a lot of people that are blessed with excellent eye-hand coordination and a knack for doing detailed work with their hands, yet do not have the wherewithal to become full fledged medical doctors. It could help cut the cost of medical care...
Then again, the American Medical Association and the American Bar Association may not be too thrilled with the idea.
