Net Llama! wrote:
On 03/11/2006 09:11 AM, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
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And then apply what we've learned to the healthcare system.
Personally I hate how the Insurance companies run our lives. I hate
that the doctors and hospitals and drug companies charge *truly
outrageous* amounts, and that they know they can because the Insurance
companies milk employers and employees alike. I am all for a
healthcare revolution... but not by a government most interested in
power and money and re-election to the detriment of their constituents.
I agree 100%. Finally someone in this thread understands my viewpoint.
Understand yes. Is it correct? No.
The true culprit in the health care mess is Medicare. Medicare fixes
costs, not prices, costs, and then demands the providers to function
within that cost structure. The insurance companies are basing their
reimbursements off of Medicare's UCR. The truth is that Doctors can't
keep up with medical practice standards and insurance standards, it is
beyond human capacity. Frequently, the Doctor doesn't know what, or if,
the insurance will pay for a needed procedure.
The embarrassment factor in our health care is that what Doctors charge
is irrelevant. That means that the uninsured are charged the highest
prices of anyone being treated. If you are insured in America, you have
access to the best, and most timely, care in the world.
Some politicians are trying to turn this health care embarrassment into
a national disgrace, by creating HSAs and national insurance companies
that will leave only the sick uninsured. We need some sort of
alternative other than rationed health care. (That is what single payer
really means.) The republicans will never propose it, Where are the
Democrats?
-- Alma
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