Healthcare Reform or Insurance Reform - Which One Will Really Help?
5-Alarm Task Force!
English - October 29, 2017 00:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MB - ★★★★ - 20 ratingsEducation firefighting rescue ems tactics leadership guides Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
As first responders, we're used to tending to our patients, bring them to an ER/Trauma Center and head back to await the next call. We rarely, if at all, think about the finances of our actions or those that the patient will face from the facility care.Today's politics have recently been dominated by attempts to repeal one insurance program and find an adequate replacement for it; without much success as of yet.
Our guest, Chief Gary Ludwig, who has 40 years experience in both EMS and Fire Services, poses the question above.
In our discussion, Chief Ludwig points out the fact that nearly 100% of those making these decisions have no experience in any manner of healthcare or emergency services. And those of us who do, are not asked to provide any guidance to the decision makers.
The Chief explains the very tangled web that is woven around this complicated issue. And even for those who who speak on our behalf are up against the behemoths of the Insurance lobby, the Healthcare Lobby and the law firms seeking to protect their interests.
This podcast will give you pause to think about the financial costs of what we do.