> Billy Cox wrote: > I think the more fundamental problem is that 'insurance' is not compatible
Irrelevant to cost. Doctors, hospitals, clinics, and drug manufacturers set cost. That is, it doesn't matter if a billed medical service is preventative, prescriptive, treatment, et al. Provider cost is provider cost > services in which the consumer actually pays for it. If my wife needed an > emergency C-section, I don't think I would drive all over town to find the > hospital with the best price. > If you cared about your wife you would've already selected a doctor and surgeon! > Actually they do it every day. It's called Medicare and Medicaid. > Sure, *a few* doctors do it. A friend's brother-in-law is a psychiatrist at 3 hospitals. And he drives a Ferrari. Do you think that doctor accepts Medicare? Do you think he'll give up his Ferrari because he submits a bill to the government instead of a private insurer? Oh, you say he'll have no choice? Sure he does. He'll quit and change careers or go into practice for rich people. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:262910 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
