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 > > > ** > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > > > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > >
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