I believe a form of tort reform will be in the bill. On Aug 11, 2:01 pm, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > Or if you want to point to Medicare, just look to how they base the > payments for doctor visits.... It is a portion of the ordinary and > customary charges... So if your costs are $50 per visit, you have to > jack it up to include your profit, Medicare's discount, and project > that figure 3 years in the future... SO The visit that cost $50, for > when you might profit $10 if you get $60 you might charge $100 to have > Medicare discount the bill back to $60... > > Or might a doctor have an xray machine in-house so his elderly patient > do not have make a second appoint at the hospital... It would be a > sin if he made a slight profit from THAT service (especially when he > charged less the the Hospital)... The problem with the Health Car > debate is it is so nuanced that to reduce it to "greedy insurance > companies and doctors) makes it a meaningless shouting match... > > My solution??? Get a serious bi-partisan panel whose recommendations > Congress would have vote yea or nay... If Health Care is so demanded > by the American People, it will wait six-eight months for folks to get > it right.. Instead Obama demands action, regardless of viability, now > for his political resume... > > On Aug 10, 3:54 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > jgg. > > > Really? And the fact that each and every test is billable has nothing > > whatsoever to do with it I suppose? > > > On Aug 10, 2:39 pm, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Nor will help the stupidity and incompetence within the legal > > > community... Why the extra tests??? Malpractice Insurance requires > > > it because of an uncontrolled tort system... > > > > On Aug 7, 6:13 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > jgg, > > > > > I seriously doubt that Health Care reform will eliminate stupidity and > > > > incompetence within the health care field. > > > > > On Aug 7, 3:42 pm, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I will listen because I can't... How can I take Obama and the > > > > > Democrats serious about the seriousness concerning Health Care reform > > > > > without Tort Reform??? Or perhaps will I be reported to the WH > > > > > snitch line for actually expecting a debate on issues surrounding > > > > > Health Care???- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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