I only trust Americans. Herr Mann is a German. Off with his head. On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < [email protected]> wrote:
> GMann SEZ: I feel the need to weigh in on this discussion for a bit. >> AHA/Obamacare has >> concerned every Citizen, angered many, perhaps a majority. >> It came into being because of a set of events which go back about 40 >> years. >> >> My belief is, those who wrote and passed this onerous piece of legislation >> failed to address those sets of events or understand them. >> >> BTW, my personal view is "You have to pass it before you can see what's in >> it" only works with stool samples, not legislation. >> >> In my view, the following steps got us where we are today: >> >> 1. Pre-1969 Doctors practiced, for the most part, as single practitioners, >> made house calls, were respected members of their communities, and enjoyed >> some financial success for their hard work, long hours, and study. >> >> 2. Then came the first Mal-Practice lawsuit which awarded the claimant a >> huge sum [at that time huge] and financially ruined the treating doctor. >> That court case established "case law" which then lead to multiple >> "Mal-Practice Claim Suits" as the legal profession found deep pockets in >> the individual Doctors who had build solid practices and became relatively >> wealthy. >> Ergo, Preditor [lawyer] Prey [doctor] rule of nature started playing out. >> >> 3. All Doctors, regardless of their field of practice, were suddenly in >> the >> position of needing a new Insurance Product called "Mal-Practice >> Insurance", which, for an active and successful practice was priced on >> number of treatments made, value of the practice, and any other factors >> the >> insurance company could find to load the policy in THEIR favor. >> >> 4. With the advent of "Mal-Practice Insurance" the Lawyer/predator found a >> steady and reliable income, while the Doctor/prey became increasing >> burdened with larger and larger "Mal-Practice Insurance Payments" as the >> Insurance Company spread the cumulative loss out to ALL policies sold. >> >> 5. Being smart "Prey" animals, the Doctors followed the rule of nature for >> Prey Animals and became a Herd, thus becoming individually less >> vulnerable. >> >> 6. This "Herd Concept" brought about [eventually] the "Health Maintenance >> Organization" concept. AKA "HMO", which, by pooling their resources into a >> "Herd" the "Medical Group" could now purchase and pay for a "Group Policy" >> from the "Insurance Company", pool their staff costs, and cumulatively >> reduce their individual cost. Now, they were a "Large Company" with Legal >> Staff, Group Insurance, and layers of protection from the Lawyer/Predator >> who would sue them out of existence as individuals. >> >> 7. Almost suddenly [within a decade] a Doctor visit went from a local >> small >> office with one nurse/receptionist to a large facility with large staff, >> large overhead, multiple doctors and multiple specialties, AND, large >> cost. >> >> 8. Health Insurance Companies responded by selling more expensive policies >> to more people, because they are also in the Predator / Prey food chain. >> In >> fact, it looks like they profit from both sides by selling "Mal-Practice >> Insurance" to Doctors and "Health Care Insurance Policies" to >> Citizen/patients. >> >> 9. The whole feeding frenzy spirals upward while the Citizen/patients fund >> everyone EXCEPT themselves. Lawyers sue, Doctors buy more insurance, >> HMO's >> grow larger since no doctor can now afford a private practice, and Health >> Insurance Policy costs rise to meet rising costs caused by HMO's response >> to fear. >> >> 10. Now comes AHA/Obamacare.... crafted in secret, passed without being >> read, and profiting who.... Insurance Companies? Lawyers? Do we really >> know? >> >> It is my personal observation that Congress [name for a gaggle of monkeys, >> Founding Fathers got that one right] .. failed to see and understand the >> foundation problem set which caused health care costs to balloon out of >> reach. >> >> I may be right, I may be wrong.. in any case, I hope I have stimulated >> others thinking. >> >> Grant... >> >> > HEAR! HERE! (Banging a cane on the floor to get your attention! ) > > The other obvious thing that must be elucidated is that the gress of cons > is made up of predators (lawyers) for the most part. So, the actions of > the gress of cons are INTENDED to tilt the floor in the favor of the > PREDATORS! Thus, prolonging and exacerbating the situation! It is time to > pick up our pitchforks! STOP VOTING FOR PREDATORS AND INCUMBENTS! > > RIGHT ON! Herr Mann! > > There are valid reasons WHY we all know we have been getting screwed more > and more for the last 23 years, or perhaps 27 years... > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
