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Extirpate middlemen from the health care trough

In a public option there is no need for pitchmen to be financed by the federal government from funds that should go to publically funded patients.

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Extirpate middlemen from the health care trough
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is there a need for diabetes supply pitchmen on TV?
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is there a need for drug plan administrators?
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Is there a need for scooter pitchmen on TV?
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Shoud HIT personnel come between Dr and patient?
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Should a coding system come between Dr and patient?
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Should a proliferation of plans come between Dr and patient?
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Should drug companies come between Dr and patient?
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Should government bureaucrats come between Dr and patient?
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Should HIPPA rules come between Dr and patient?
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Should Insurance employees come between Dr and patient?
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Should JCAHO come between Dr and patient?
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Should non-practicing nurses come between Dr and patient?
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Should pharmacy personnel come between Dr and patient?
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Should system bureaucrats come between Dr and patient?
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Should the hospital bureaucracy come between Dr and patient?
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Should unproven high technology purveyors come between Dr and patient?
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A laser beam focus on VisTa as a Health System Integrator
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Be very sure that VHA and HHS cooperate
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Coordinate with Institute for Healthcare Improvement
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Coordinate with Institute of Medicine Recommendations
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Create virtual communities of excellent practitioners and teams
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Education and Frontline Support
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Encourage Academic Medical Center implementation of VisTa
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Encourage development of Intervention List
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Examine what Sweden has done
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Model, Simulate and Research
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Shift some saved $ to support Dr-Pt interaction
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Support creation of an "Open Formulary" for Primary Care
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Support customization of VisTa for a Public Option
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Support education of Medical Assistants in community colleges
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Support Implementation of VA VisTa at Critical Access Hospitals
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Support implementation of VisTa in all Public Clinics
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Support implementation of VisTa in all Public Hospitals
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Support primary care career selection
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Support Primary Care implementation of Essential Evidence
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Support the training of medical students at VA facilities
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Support training of high school students to become medical assistants
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Support VA VisTa in the VA
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Support worldvista.org
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Understand that opponents of VisTa are opponents of good VA care
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