political correctness /me flees
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 9:43 AM, Scott Stroz<[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:298443 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
