On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 2:05 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The regulators would require that health care > >providers maintain a reasonable relationship between the prices charged > >consumers for health care product and thier costs to deliver the health > >care goods and services. This would make the health care industry much > >like utility companies that are monopolies, requiring them to justify > >cost increases to a regulatory board. > > And then we would be whining that there are no new drugs coming on the > market. Oh, yes, we would have to have government funded research to find > new drugs... but we all know how efficient that is. > ------------------------------
HMOs make a ton of money and pay it's leadership WELL. I see nothing related to meds at this at all. They as a biz will still do what they do. They are a research based operation instead of a service one. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Mimeo.com Memphis TN 901.246-0159 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

