Where does one even begin to start this conversation? Let alone do something about it? A year or so ago I read Marty Makary's "The Price We Pay". Every chapter offered in great detail how nearly every aspect of the economics of healthcare have been gamed. Transportation was only one example. So, even if solving your problem has a good outcome it does not solve "our problem" of waste etc. And, of course, the emotional toll on all who are impacted by the "dumb system" we created and tolerate. What support might be helpful?
What a great question --- I believe it starts with conversations: with folks in the community to better understand the personal impact this is having; with Healthcare Workers to hear the clinical and operational perspective; and with policymakers who are making decisions with impacts they can't even imagine (because they can easily afford to outsource whichever service the middle and lower classes are missing).
Conversation is tough, because it takes time and effort. But I think this is a start :)
Where does one even begin to start this conversation? Let alone do something about it? A year or so ago I read Marty Makary's "The Price We Pay". Every chapter offered in great detail how nearly every aspect of the economics of healthcare have been gamed. Transportation was only one example. So, even if solving your problem has a good outcome it does not solve "our problem" of waste etc. And, of course, the emotional toll on all who are impacted by the "dumb system" we created and tolerate. What support might be helpful?
What a great question --- I believe it starts with conversations: with folks in the community to better understand the personal impact this is having; with Healthcare Workers to hear the clinical and operational perspective; and with policymakers who are making decisions with impacts they can't even imagine (because they can easily afford to outsource whichever service the middle and lower classes are missing).
Conversation is tough, because it takes time and effort. But I think this is a start :)