Your off tune, I think that was a flat....

Cheers,
Quentin J Sarafinchan, B.Sc.



On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 9:47 AM, David Bennett <[email protected]> wrote:

> This post should have been titled   Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmm
>
>   On Sep 24, 2009, at 10:33 AM, Jason C wrote:
>
>     Uh-oh, offtopic worms crawling out of a can!
>
> Nobody seems to point out that the reform proposals will still leave us
> with overpriced health care.  Who are the profiteers?  It's not the
> insurance cos - their profit margins aren't all that huge.
>
> This article discusses something that never seems to be discussed - the
> reasons for the high cost.
>
> NOBODY seems to ask, "where do all the dollars go anyway"?
>
> Why did my cat's eye surgery cost $2,500, which on a person would have cost
> $15,000?
>
> Why are there dozens of pet hospitals in my area (all for-profit) but only
> a few people hospitals?
>
> Why does the price of memory and LCD monitors go down while health care
> goes up?
>
> Why do the prices of MRI's stay up while the cost of breast implants go
> down?
>
> Why does the average movie rental shop have a more sophisticated IT system
> than the average hospital?
>
> The answers may be surprising to some - it is because competition is
> STIFLED in health care - it is LACK of free market competition that causes
> high prices.
>
> This article analyzes the problems in detail with example after example -
> it is long but very well worth reading in its entirety:
>
>
> *How American Health Care Killed My Father*
>
> http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200909/health-care
>
>
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