--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 8/13/07 10:53:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I'm totally satisfied. We don't need socialized medicine. > > And do you feel that way about the socialized medicine we already > have here in the US? I am referring to: > > 1) the approximately $400 billion a year spend on Medicaid; > > 2) the approxmiately $400 billion a year spend on Medicare; > > 3) the mounds of regulation that creates things such as HMOs > (contrary to what Michael Moore led people to believe in "Sicko" that > it was Richard Nixon's creation -- he just signed the bill into law -- > Ted Kennedy created HMOs). > > All of the above falls under the definition of socialized medicine. > Are you happy with this status quo? > > > > > > > Bingo! This is why I say we don't need Socialized medicine. I recently had > a battery of blood tests done. I am currently on a leave of absence from work > and consequently my health insurance is suspended until I return, so I paid > out of pocket for my tests. I was charged about a quarter of what the > hospital would have charged the insurance company since they didn't have all the > hoops to jump through. The bureaucracy of the healthcare industry is outrageous > and spiraling out of control.
So what's your solution considering that private health insurance generally operates on a 31% overhead and Medicare is reported to run on only a 2% overhead?
