On Thursday 09 August 2007 11:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: <snip> > Sometimes we need to override their pompous pronouncements, use our own > heads, and take our chances. For all I talk about Canadians coming here > for treatment, I will tell about a friend of mine who had to go to Mexico > to get a cancer treatment not available in the US. Did it kill him... NO! > > This doesn't mean we need to get rid of all regulation, but that we need to > achieve some sort of balance between availability and restriction... > perhaps, letting people know of risks and permitting them to make their own > decisions. However to make that work, we would need some sort of waivers > to keep the lawyers out of the picture should things not go well.
Hi Larry! To make it work it has to be financially possible. The insurance "industry" freezes out the alternatives, leaving only a very small cash market. The alternatives then either become very expensive or become unavailable, which for most patients amounts to the same thing. -- Regards, Pete http://www.pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com 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.
