Comments on: Musings About Healthcare in the U.S. http://www.duckwizard.com/2009/07/17/musings-about-healthcare-in-the-us/ Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:26:32 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: madpimp http://www.duckwizard.com/2009/07/17/musings-about-healthcare-in-the-us/comment-page-1/#comment-4890 madpimp Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:17:14 +0000 http://www.duckwizard.com/?p=73#comment-4890 I actually think that the new health care option seems good, too. Up until now there just hasn't been any real competition in the insurance market. On a side note, my husband is in medical school and we've been hearing a lot of rumors that the government is going to start offering to pay off loans (so I guess something like a retroactive scholarship?) to doctors who decide to go into preventative medicine and public health (since it pays comparatively little). I think that would be a really huge step, considering so many of the health problems today are caused by obesity and poor living habits. I actually think that the new health care option seems good, too. Up until now there just hasn’t been any real competition in the insurance market.

On a side note, my husband is in medical school and we’ve been hearing a lot of rumors that the government is going to start offering to pay off loans (so I guess something like a retroactive scholarship?) to doctors who decide to go into preventative medicine and public health (since it pays comparatively little). I think that would be a really huge step, considering so many of the health problems today are caused by obesity and poor living habits.

]]>