Dansk Erhverv er ude med et genialt spareforslag i disse dage. Brugerbetaling på lægebesøg. De mener det skal koste 100 kr at besøge lægen, så kan samfundet spare 3 milliarder kroner: Genialt, simpelt og slet ikke lovligt. Der er den lille lov i Danmark der siger at der skal være fri og lige adgang til sundhedsvæsenet, og det kan man jo ikke sige der er for dem der ikke har 100 kr til overs når mad og husleje er betalt.
Men der mangler ligesom lidt oplysninger fra Dansk Erhverv :
Hvad skal der ske hvis man finder en syg mand på gaden, uden ID og uden penge. Skal man sætte et skilt op hvor folk kan donere penge til hans lægebesøg?
Hvad skal der ske hvis en person bestiller tid, sætter sig i venteværelset, og siger han ingen penge har? Skal han afvises?
Hvad skal der ske hvis en person efter besøget afkræves penge, men ingen har? Skal han blacklistes hos de praktiserende læger?
Hvad sker der hvis en person ikke betaler sin regning, men får brug for lægehjælp igen kort tid efter?
Og ikke mindst : Skal de penge der går til lægerne fra vores skat så ikke længere betales? Dansk Erhverv glemmer at vi allerede har brugerbetaling, vi betaler bare via skatten. Så med 100 kr brugerbetaling pr besøg, skal vores skat så sænkes 5%?
Mange spørgsmål der er nødvendige at stille sig selv, når man skal tage diverse egoistiske og ondskabsfulde forslag seriøst. Helt ærligt, lad os nu ikke havne i en situation hvor folk kan risikere ikke at have råd til at gå til lægen. Hvis Dansk Erhverv er så glade for at spare 3 milliarder, så tving dem til at finde for 3 milliarder kroner erhvervsstøtte som de vil have fjernet. Disse erhvervsstøtte-kroner går jo alligevel mest til at holde liv i erhverv der ikke har en eksistensberettigelse da de ikke selv kan tjene penge nok. Sidste kommentar skal tages ligeså alvorligt som Dansk Erhvervs kommentar om at de 100 kr’s brugerbetaling vil sikre at hypokondere ikke spilder lægens tid.
Det er vel næsten overflødigt at nævne at Venstre og de Konservative synes ganske godt om ideen.
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An organization, called Dansk Erhverv, organizing danish companies on a small scale, has a brilliant idea these days. We should pay to be allowed to visit the doctor. We would save 3 billion crowns on a yearly basis, approximately 500 million dollars, and it is quite simple except for the fact that it is illegal. The danish laws states that everyone must have free and equal access to health care. You can hardly call it that when some people don’t have those money to pay for a doctor visit. But a few informations seems to be lacking :
What would happen if you found a sick man on the street, without ID and without money. Should we put up a sign stating people could donate a bit of money, and when enough had donated, a doctor would see to his needs?
What should happen if someone makes an appointment, but says he doesn’t have any money? Should he be rejected?
What would happen when someone went through an examination, and then revealed he had no money? Would he be blacklisted for his next visit?
What if a man doesn’t pay his bill, and shortly after needs medical care again? Would that be denied until he paid his bills?
And most importantly : Would we pay less tax after implementing their idea? Paying for doctors isn’t unknown here, we do it through taxes. So how would they calculate how much of my tax money goes to the doctors, so I wouldn’t have to pay that? And how much would we then save, if the tax reductions should be substracted from the 3 billion crowns we would save?
That is a lot of questions one is forced to ask him or herself, when you have to take idiotic and egoistical suggestions seriously. Come on, let us not end up in a situation where people risk not being able to afford to visit a doctor. If Dansk Erhverv are so eager to save money, force them to find the 3 billion crown by implementing reductions in government support for companies instead.