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dr. ben carson a pediatric neurosurgery at john hospitals kins and says the answer is not a government run system but instead some common sense cost savings like electronic billing system. would drastically cut add testify cost. >> there is absolutely no need to have the mounds and mounds of paper and army of people to push them around. which eats up huge amounts of each health care dollar. >>reporter: dr. carson also suggests having wellness clinic in better prevent testify care for the poor. we have the different version of the health care bill on our web seat just check them out at fox baltimore.com slash news link. tell your congressman what you think about the bills. contact information for your senator and congressmen alike are on our web site of course fox baltimore.com slash your voice. >> how are the roads out there with the storm? lauren has our traffic edge report. hi lauren. >> hi jeff. we are dealing with severe thunderstorms not to mention a lot of accidents tonight. they are causing our average speeds to really take a tumble. looking at the northeast corridor of 95 we look a
dr. ben carson a pediatric neurosurgery at john hospitals kins and says the answer is not a government run system but instead some common sense cost savings like electronic billing system. would drastically cut add testify cost. >> there is absolutely no need to have the mounds and mounds of paper and army of people to push them around. which eats up huge amounts of each health care dollar. >>reporter: dr. carson also suggests having wellness clinic in better prevent testify care...
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dr. ben carson, and he said the answer is not a government run health care system. but instead some common sense cost saving. the world renowned neurosurgeon said electronic billing systems would drastically cut administrative costs. he also supports wellness clinics and better preventative care for the poor to keep them out of expensive emergency rooms. >> we would save huge amounts of money. but i think, we would be incredibly smart if we took that money, and put it into a national medical endowment. and even if we only save 10 percent a year, of what we pay for health care now, and we put that 10 percent into a national endowment. in 15 years we're talking several trillion dollars. >> dr. carson also said measures need to be taken to reduce malpractice costs. and eliminate unnecessary testing and procedures done by doctors trying to protect themselves from lawsuits. >> well, if you want to read the various health care bills, go to our website foxbaltimore.com. and click on "news links". >> and if you want to tell your congressman when you think about what you had
dr. ben carson, and he said the answer is not a government run health care system. but instead some common sense cost saving. the world renowned neurosurgeon said electronic billing systems would drastically cut administrative costs. he also supports wellness clinics and better preventative care for the poor to keep them out of expensive emergency rooms. >> we would save huge amounts of money. but i think, we would be incredibly smart if we took that money, and put it into a national...
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dr. ben carson from johns hopkins hospital was the guest speaker, using some humor to inspire. >> started out as an adult neurosurgeon, but i quickly discovered no how good an operation i did on the chronic back pain patients they never got any better until they got their settlement. where as with the young people, with the youngsters, what you see is what you get. >> reporter: dunbar underwent a $32 million renovation, adding new computer labs and high-tech classrooms to support the school's health curricular professions. >> one of the best high schools in "newsweek," to have a 100% graduation rate. those are not things that happen by chance. they happen by choice. not only the choice that you make, but the choices that we make together. >> reporter: students and parents are excited to make their mark. what is your goal for this year. >> to pass all my classes so i can walk across the stage. >> i came down saturday, and the new improvements on the school, it really looks nice. and i think the kids should do really well down here. >> the person who determines whether you'll be successful
dr. ben carson from johns hopkins hospital was the guest speaker, using some humor to inspire. >> started out as an adult neurosurgeon, but i quickly discovered no how good an operation i did on the chronic back pain patients they never got any better until they got their settlement. where as with the young people, with the youngsters, what you see is what you get. >> reporter: dunbar underwent a $32 million renovation, adding new computer labs and high-tech classrooms to support...
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dr. ben carson to hear his perspective on what should and should not be done to fix our health care system. >> he is a world renowned pediatric surgeon. and he uses a familiar analogy. >> i would like the system to efficient. with a large tumor. what we need to do, quite frankly, instead of creating a whole new patient. is get rid of the tumor. >> dr. carson said the answer is not a government run health care system. but instead, some common sense cost saving. for example, tort reform to reduce medical malpractice costs. an unnecessary testing and procedures by doctors protecting themselves from lawsuits. >> an electronic billing system would drastically cut administrative costs, which right now, can be more than 30 percent of our medical bills. and having wellness clinics and better preventative care for the poor, to keep them out of expensive emergency rooms. and dr. carson does support putting the government in charge of catastrophic care. and leaving the insurance companies to handle routine care, and to be regulated. but abroad public option, dr. carson believes, would drive insurance
dr. ben carson to hear his perspective on what should and should not be done to fix our health care system. >> he is a world renowned pediatric surgeon. and he uses a familiar analogy. >> i would like the system to efficient. with a large tumor. what we need to do, quite frankly, instead of creating a whole new patient. is get rid of the tumor. >> dr. carson said the answer is not a government run health care system. but instead, some common sense cost saving. for example,...
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dr. ben carson had to say, go to foxbaltimore.com/"raw news". >> the american association of retired persons is losing members over this health care reform debate. group running ads supporting health care reform and not every member agrees. aarp has lost 60,000 members since july. but gained 400,000 members. the group has about 40 million members. >> tell your congressman what you think about the bills. contact information for your senators and congressman are on our website. go to foxbaltimore.com/ your voice . and, of course, stay with fox 45 news for the latest on the debate over health care. >> now to other news of the day. powerful storms rolled through baltimore city this evening. there was a lot of lightning. storms were powerful enough to knock this tree on a shed along harford road and glen arm. no one hurt. storm knocked out power to 10,000 people. most of the problems at this hour, are in baltimore and harford counties. >> before are the storms right now? vytas reid is here with a look at the forecast. vytas, what do you say, busy. >> storms fired up and gave us lightning and gust
dr. ben carson had to say, go to foxbaltimore.com/"raw news". >> the american association of retired persons is losing members over this health care reform debate. group running ads supporting health care reform and not every member agrees. aarp has lost 60,000 members since july. but gained 400,000 members. the group has about 40 million members. >> tell your congressman what you think about the bills. contact information for your senators and congressman are on our...