marlon menezes wrote: [1] MD, do you use your auto insurance when you do an oil change or routine work on you car? [2]Likewise, why should insurance come into the picture for routine medical care? [3]The whole notion of using insurance for routine care is bogus. [4]While there are some benefits (such as reducing costly emergency care) the new system only propagates this concept of using the costly insurance system for routine care for the entire population.
COMMENT: I am quite surprised by Marlon's post. I hope it was written when he was 'called to the Bar'. Isn't the Auto insurance that Marlon refers to - an insurance in case of a Collision? Is an (say) oil change necessitated by a collision? If not, why is he using that example to make a indefensible point? Does one not get a full service when one leases a car from a dealership? Is that not 'billed' into the monthly premium one pays for the lease? Would you rather prevent (say) Measles, Chicken Pox, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Whooping cough than treat those conditions? Would you rather identify the presence of early High Blood Pressure than treat the complications? ...other example upon request. Some people only look at the 'bottom line'. They are called business chaps. jc
