Should there be preconditions for patients in order for universal care to be enacted?
Chris Rangel weighs the “practical interest in keeping the workforce healthy and reducing the economic burdens from people who become sick and disabled as a result of unhealthy or risky lifestyles” versus the “undue burdens on beneficiaries” that can “lead to decreased participation.”
Dr. Rangel points out that under any reform plan that increases the role of the government, physicians will be under greater scrutiny to meet quality guidelines and decrease practice variability.
Shouldn’t patients be held accountable as well?
