Hi Kyle,
I see a large part of the problem being what physician and pharmacies
and medical supply places charge - why does it cost - $75 dollars to see
a doctor for 15 minutes - that has him bringing in 300 an hour, plus you
have wait at least an hour to see him. Why isn't the public up in arms
about their stupid fees - instead ragging on the insurance companies.
Why is that wheelchairs are going for nearly the price of a small car?
WTF. Why isn't there a major outcry about that - but no you are ragging
on the insurance companies. Attack the right fire - the prices people
charge for their services.
Trisha
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From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Cleveland, Kyle E.
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 10:28 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Fwd: Too Appalling for Words
And if it were not for the US Naval Hospitals, my parents would have =
likely been bankrupted--and nearly were.
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But here's the folly, Meir--the decision to disallow the physician whose
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daughter has DS came not from privatized insurance, but government. I =
don't feel that's government's prerogative to look in their "crystal =
ball" and prognosticate that this child will be too much of a drain on =
the local economy. What's the difference between this and a private =
insurer making this same decision? At least with private insurance =
there is the possibility of peer review or other options for funding. =
As I understand it, socialized medicine is WYSIWYG. Maybe I'm wrong, =
but I haven't seen enough convincing evidence to the contrary.
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In the US, the majority of adults of working age are ensured through =
group policies supported, in part, by their employer. This system =
worked fairly well from WW2 up through the 1970s. It's not working now
=
because it's become a "sunk cost". The actuarial tables which spread =
risk across a population are no longer valid as the population ages. =
So, yes, the system is broken. My concern is how we are going to pay =
(in the US) to fix it. We simply don't have enough funds to pay for a =
quick fix, and as a bureaucrat I can assure you that the "government" is
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the least efficient arbiter of health care.
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A quick fix simply isn't going to work. We need to address the costs of
=
a professional medical education (which the US military will gladly pay
=
for, BTW, with a four year commitment). Why not have a similar program
=
strictly for physicians? We'll help you with school costs if you agree
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to spend X years working in an underserved community. What about family
=
practitioners? No one wants to make a commitment to a practice that =
pays a third or less than a specialty practice. Again, incentivise this
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from the top down. And why is the length of a medical education for a =
physician so long? I'm sorry, but it can't take ten-plus years to make
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a doctor.
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From: Cerebral Palsy List on behalf of Meir Weiss
Sent: Tue 11/4/2008 9:50 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Fwd: Too Appalling for Words
and I've been quiet too
You might think canada and medicare are as evil aas communism//socialism
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in
the 60's
that is your american right to say.
All I can tell you
thank G-d for warm hearted sympaathetic threesome my ot/pt/neuro team =
in
the early 60's
All that would have ? Bankrupted my parents... I figure
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