Dealing With the Next Outbreak

Dealing With the Next Outbreak

https://patriotpost.us/articles/69531?mailing_id=4947&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4947&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

Excerpt: The other agency in need of reform is the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, which should be expanded in two ways. The first is to create a larger active-duty component. How? By creating a version of ROTC for doctors and other medical specialties that funds medical school in exchange for a commitment of either 10 years of active service or 20 years in the Ready Reserve Corps. The second is to bring back the Inactive Reserve Corps to join the Ready Reserve Corps. To encourage medical professionals to join the Corps, the government might fund part of either medical-school loans or malpractice insurance in addition to providing pay similar to that of a member of the National Guard. This costs money, of course, but look at the price we’re paying for COVID-19 right now. [This strikes me as a damned good idea. In fact, it's so simple, I thought we already did this through the Navy and the Army. Ron P.]