Dude..I gotta know, why you hatin' on doctors? On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote:
> > As the President prepares to address the AMA - who opposes his > national healthcare plan - I've never heard more disinformation > including during the last elections. > > So as a public service: > > (1.) Doctors charge bills you can't afford so you buy insurance. > > (2.) Doctors charge bills insurance can't afford so insurance denies > coverage and tries to control doctor bill size. You get mad and ask > the government to pay the bill. > > (3.) Doctors charge bills the government can't afford so the > government charges your kids and grandkids (Medicare is underfunded by > ~$30 Billion compared to private insurance which is unfunded by $0.) > > This is pure and true market failure: nobody is controlling doctor > bills and those who try are demonized. > > And now those people who are shifting the bills to your kids are > claiming they want to "add competition" by "giving you a choice". > Gee, lessee, I can pay premiums to a plan that's 100% funded or I can > pay premiums to a plan that's not ... hmmm ... > > That's like saying US companies - constrained by environmental and > labor laws - should "compete" with Chinese companies who do not. > > What I do agree with is that you have to: > > (1.) Cover everyone, but only so that you can get everyone's costs "in the > boat" > > (2.) Ration care or lower costs or both. There's no way around it: > either doctors have to lower their bills (and pay) or we need to > ration care. It's budget 101. > > (3.) Start incenting all constituents to lower costs and only > capitalism does that: doctors need to lower bills, adminstrators needs > to streamline, patients need to get healthier. > > or something. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:298441 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
