Dr. Stephen Blythe

Need for a national health plan – 12:00 minute audio

Review of the Audio – time on audio and the subject

1:00 socialized medicine vs. education and fire protection and libraries
Different costs, depending on who pays
- 2:30 negotiated prices and kickbacks by insurance companies
- 3:25 CT Scan $3,000 vs $650 … or even $450
4:00 Moral and ethical values not discussed by politicians when maintaining the status quo
- Bankruptcies
- Deaths due to lack of care due to lack of insurance
- Only developed country that does not ensure that every citizen
7:25 I was a provider within the Canadian health care system for about 2,000 Canadians; they had access to health care all the time; they do not worry about access, and “I thought it was a great system”
8:20 Results of establishing a single-payer system
- 9:35 $3,000 hearing aids
  - The Veterans Administration only pays $300 each
- 10:15 focusing on priorities: on everyone having care before we use the exotic and expensive care