Re: [Winona] It's the Insurance Companies

2003-10-28 Thread Craig Brooks
[Winona Online Democracy] I really liked what Dr. Bures had to say in Sunday's paper. This is such a huge issue. It can feel like taking on world hunger. I'd like to comment on three things -- the role of the medical professionals, the role of government and starting to make changes in small

FW: [Winona] It's the Insurance Companies

2003-10-28 Thread Paul Double
[Winona Online Democracy] The opportunity does exist to create a model, in Winona, Minnesota, that can and will be replicated throughout the state if not the country. To work it needs three things. 1. Providers who are willing to open the door and eliminate once and for all the price

Re: [Winona] It's the Insurance Companies

2003-10-28 Thread Bob Sebo
[Winona Online Democracy] Paul crafts his arguments well when discussing this medicharge proposal...but I don't think that we change the world quite that easily. And while he suggests that a consumer (Winona) could create a model...I think he is wrong. He is right, I believe, that providers are

FW: [Winona] It's the Insurance Companies

2003-10-28 Thread Paul Double
Bob and Others, The ability of banks to sell insurance comes from a 1996 U.S.Supreme Court Ruling that allows Nationally-Chartered Banks to Sell Insurance from Small Towns Even When State Law Purports to Prohibit it. A Link on the Barnett decision