this is so off-base it's hard to know where to begin, but > Why do MA plans have higher admin costs? Because they must incent > members to use their benefits through admin!
I don't know squat about Medicare and honestly don't care about Medicare. Does not apply to me. I personally don't get a physical often because I went through about six figures of medical care one year and have a pretty good idea what is going on. I need certain tests every so often and I get them. I need certain meds and I take them. I am willing to bet most of the diabetics here don't do medical screenings either. Waste of time. What they need to know is whether they need insulin; what I need to know is my current INR. > (2.) Ever been to Minute Clinic? Because I"m wondering why you'd > insult those doctors many of whom clearly aren't providing that care > for the money; they're trying to cover the uninsured!!! Nope. But providing care to the uninsured doesn't do much good if you aren't actually addressing any more than superficial issues imho. > And your attitude is, "feck 'em. if health care doesn't cost an > assload it must suck." now that you mention it... this is usually true. It often sucks when it does as well. > So you find me the data: how many people with existing preventative > care benefits don't use them? Why would I find you the data? It's your hobby-horse not mine. Mine is that preventative care is about finding problems early. Once you find them the screenings are simply repetiti ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:298701 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
