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Senator Baucus,

Basic economic fact.
The only way to increase quality and decrease cost at the same time over the long term is to increase competition.  This has been the foundation of our countries economy.

Legislation will not change this basic economic fact.  You say you want to make it cheaper and better at the same time.   If you think you can legislate this change you are living in LaLa Land.  The only way you will be able to do both of those at once is to create more competition.

Use basic economic facts and competition to improve our systems do not fight mother nature with Socialist rhetoric.  Promises too good to be true are.  Socialism will not work long term.

Professional Cartels were set up to eliminate competition so certain Professionals–lawyers, Doctors, Dentists,  Accountants could do their job and not have to compete on price. This has caused price gouging in all of these fields.

Competition is what every government employee is afraid of and the only force that improves quality, service and price at the same time.

Currently their is no price competition in the medical field.  The only ones who can ask for competitive bids are the insurance companies.

We have given Doctors the “right” to charge anything they want and we have to pay it because they are a “Professional Cartel.”  The medical schools have artificially limited graduates to keep doctors in short supply.

Society requires Doctors and Hospitals to serve anyone that walks in the doors even if they know they will not get paid.–how do we cure that?

If we turn health care workers into Government employees is that likely to improve anything?

When was the last time the average person got great service from a Government employee?  (For me the last great customer service from a government employee was from elementary school teachers for my kids.)

In education it takes twice as many people to run a public school as it does a private school.  If the Government takes over health care to get the current level of care we will need to double the number of workers.

Rick Kern
Missoula, Montana