Make no mistake about it. Health care reform is coming. But what’s the best way to fix our health care system, which is an inefficient, complicated mess of private actors, third-party payers, public subsidies, and innumerable state and federal regulations? Should we place our faith in the government or in the free market? obamacare supporters argue that the answer lies in more government—more subsidies, more regulations, a law mandating individuals buy health-insurance coverage and, of course, more taxes to pay for it all. The alternative is to base reforms on what works in the other five-sixths of the US economy, where choice and competition increase quality and drive down prices over time. Can a market-based health care system work? We can begin to answer this question by looking at Lasik, a medical procedure that’s not covered by health insurance. And has gotten better—and cheaper—over time. “How to Fix Health Care” proposes three simple reforms that will put us on a path to a health-care system that’s better, more affordable, and more accessible. And get this—these market-based reforms can be implemented without creating new government programs or raising taxes. Approximately 8.30 minutes. Produced by Paul Feine and Meredith Bragg. Hosted by Nick Gillespie. For downloadable versions of this and other videos, go to reason.tv

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This short film made for the NeoPopRealism Journal in the Park Avenue Laser Vision correction medical office. Dr. Emil Chynn performs eye surgery in front of video camera. 2008, New York.

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LASIK – Dr. Helen Wu at Tufts New England Eye Center in Boston. Offering Blade Free Intralase LASIK, CK, PRK, Visian ICL, Crystalens, ReStor, ReZoom

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An optometrist is required to complete an undergraduate degree and then a graduate course of study in optometry before they can treat patients. Become an optometrist with tips from a medical administrator in this free video on career information.

Expert: Mark MacBayne
Bio: Mark MacBayne, with a Master of Public Health degree, is a practice manager at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center.
Filmmaker: Bing Hu

Duration : 0:0:45

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Taken from the Mix08 presentation by Daniel Makowski (http://sessions.visitmix.com/?selectedSearch=UX08).

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The steps for becoming an optometrist start in high school, continue with a college education geared towards optometry school, and finish with completing an Optometry Admissions Test and going through four years of optometry school. Learn about residency programs and board exams that must be completed before practicing optometry with help from an optometrist in this free video on the steps for becoming an optometrist.

Expert: Raj Patel
Contact: www.vancouvervision.com
Bio: Dr. Raj Patel is an optometrist at Vancouver Vision Center in Vancouver, Wash.
Filmmaker: Lisa Fenderson

Duration : 0:3:15

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http://video.news.sky.com/skynews/video/. A grandmother in the United States has regained her sight thanks to a remarkable new surgical procedure that’s turned one of her teeth into a new eye. Sky’s Greg Milam reports.

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Eye surgeon and senatorial candidate Rand Paul warns that under ObamaCare, Americans could be forced to wait a year and a half merely to see a doctor due to Canadian-style rationing of health care being imposed.

As an eye surgeon with his own private practice, Paul warned that senior citizens could be forced to endure debilitating conditions as a result of health care rationing under the system being readied for passage, and be forced to wait as long as 18 months just to see a doctor as happens in Canada and Britain.

There are 1 million people waiting for any kind of elective surgery in Canada at any one time, he told Newsmax.TVs Ashley Martella.

Canadas so bad that they have a lottery, there are some little towns that have one family doctor, they do a lottery and you can sometimes wait a year and a half to see the doctor, said Paul. I have friends who are eye surgeons in Canada, theyve finished their surgery by September, theyre allotment, theyre given a number of surgeries they can do, when theyre finished in September some of them come to the U.S. and do elective cosmetic eye surgery in the U.S. because theyre not allowed to operate any more in Canada.

In his article, Theres No Such Thing as Free Health Care, Journalist John Stossel highlights how even people with life-threatening conditions are told to wait. A woman with a blocked artery that prevented her from digesting food was told by doctors in British Columbia that she had only weeks to live, but that the surgery was still elective.

The only thing elective about this surgery was I elected to live, said the woman, who traveled to the United States to receive treatment.

Its true that Americas partly profit-driven, partly bureaucratic system is expensive, and sometimes wasteful, but the pursuit of profit reduces waste and costs and gives the world the improvements in medicine that ease pain and save lives.

[America] is the country of medical innovation. This is where people come when they need treatment, Dr. Gratzer says.

Literally were surrounded by medical miracles. Death by cardiovascular disease has dropped by two-thirds in the last 50 years. Youve got to pay a price for that type of advancement.

Canada and England dont pay the price because they freeload off American innovation. If America adopted their systems, we could worry less about paying for health care, but wed get 2009-level care—forever. Government monopolies dont innovate. Profit seekers do.

On this note, Paul stressed that problems in health care were created by too much government interference, and that the only way to fix the system was to increase competition, not restrict it.

The Republican candidate for Senate highlighted FEMAs botched efforts to distribute water bottles at the superdome after Hurricane Katrina as an example of the failings of government-run health care.

They cant even distribute water, theres no way they can distribute health care, said Paul.

The Senatorial candidate also said that with 46 million new people on government assistance, the new system could bankrupt medicare and lead to rationing for everyone. Doctors who have already tolerated shrinking wages for the last fifteen years would also leave the U.S. warned Paul, creating a vacuum.

Its intellectually dishonest for Democrats to say its going to cost $874 billion, but its really not going to add anything to the deficit. I dont think the American public believes that, added Paul.

Paul pointed out that the longer the debate raged about health care, the more people opposed the governments proposals, emphasizing why the Obama administration is hell-bent on ramming through the legislation later this week on Christmas Eve…

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Optometry has many advantages, but some disadvantages include the fact that an optometrist is not always giving good news to their patients. Discover how insurance can cause difficulties in an optometrists ability to treat patients with help from an optometrist in this free video on the disadvantages of working as an optometrist.

Expert: Raj Patel
Contact: www.vancouvervision.com
Bio: Dr. Raj Patel is an optometrist at Vancouver Vision Center in Vancouver, Wash.
Filmmaker: Lisa Fenderson

Duration : 0:2:33

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