summitt

=Senator Summitt=


 * Committee Report on this bill:**


 * Model YLI Congress**
 * 1st Session**


 * S**.7

To ensure the Military receive the highest quality health care possible before, during and after treatment.


 * IN THE YLI CONGRESS**
 * February XXI, 2008**

Sponsored by Senator Summitt (R/CA), Senator Drumm (D/CO), Senator Conrad (D/OR), Senator Monteleone (R/TX), Senator Potts (D/CN), Senator de Klerk (D/CN), Senator Preston (R/NM), Senator Joseph (D/ID), Senator Drennan (R/)

A BILL

To ensure the Military receive the highest quality health care possible before, during and after treatment.

//1 Be it enacted by the Member of the YLI Congress// //2 of the United States of America in Congress Assembled// 4 This Act may be cited as the 5 “First-Rate Health Care for American Heroes Act of 2008.” 7 (1) To ensure high quality medical care by 8 having more qualified doctors, nurses and staff 9 (2) To ensure that regular health inspections take place monthly 10 (3) To ensure that all patients are given proper care before, during and after treatment 11 (4) To promise doctor follow up’s 12 (5) and referrals to mental/physical treatment after treatment at hospital is finished 14 An individual may qualify if she or she 15 (1) Served in the military at any given point throughout their life 17 (1) Each doctor, nurse or assistant must have a medical degree 18 (2) There must be bilingual doctors on call at all times to assist the patients whom do 19 not speak English 20 (3) Regular health inspections must take place monthly. If that hospital does not 21 meet the requirements; the patients must be discharged to another hospital within 22 that same week and immediate renovates must take place. If this fails to take place 23 within that same month, the hospital will be shut down. 24 (4) Each patient must receive a thorough examination before given treatment to 25 ensure that no medical issue is over looked. 26 Each patient coming in from war must not only receive a thorough physical exam 27 must mental 28 (5) After any sort of major treatment or procedure the patient must be given a list of 29 recommendations for further. The doctor who made those recommendations and was 30 in charge of treatment must be listed in case any further problems arise. 31 mental or physical treatment 32 (6) A follow up with the doctor must take place after a patient has undergone any 33 form of major procedure or treatment. 34 (7) Provide all technology needed in order to file claims quicker and easier. It should 35 take around two weeks to get an appointment and no longer than 25 minutes to 36 receive care once at the hospital. 37 (8) All expenses will be taken care of to prevent backup
 * 3 Section 1. Title**
 * 6 Section 2. Purposes**
 * 13 Section 3. Eligibility**
 * 16 Section 4. Terms and Benefits of Service**

Resources:
 * You might be able to find some ideas here on Sen. McCain's site. He has some interesting policies regarding the military. http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/9cb5d2aa-f237-464e-9cdf-a5ad32771b9f.htm
 * http://benefits.military.com/veterans/bill-of-rights.do -Rights belonging to people who served in the Military
 * Brookings Institute: the 21st Century Defense Initiative: http://www.brookings.edu/projects/21defense.aspx --there are some really good reports on this site about issues/goals for the military in the 21st century.

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