> Billy wrote: > "If the gov't steps in and sets flat rates, doctors flee, quality drops, and > people die." > > By that logic, Japan would not have any doctors at all, and Japanese people > would have the lowest life expectancy, not the highest. >
Life expectancy is based on a zillion factors, only one of which is medical care. Second, doctors in Japan probably haven't become accustomed to driving Ferraris and patients (customers) in Japan haven't become accustomed to the quality of care that money can buy. As far doctors that want to help people ... Hatton said it best: why would ANYONE not want the best doctor regardless of their motives for becoming one? I guess if I need surgery I don't care if my doctor recycles. Further, many doctors (that "want to help people") are like lawyers - they work for peanuts early in their career and then go for the money later. As an example, my former PCP was my doc for 10 years (and made about 40k/yr). Then he got married, had kids, and now he's got a new job pulling down major jing. UHC will not cure freedom of career choice for smart people - ones who could save your life with their intelligence they're being paid handsomely for. Take away their choice and they'll go to law school or Wall Street, quality will drop, and just watch what'll happen to US life expectancy in the operating room! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:262951 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
