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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: rich evans who wrote (8303)8/17/2009 11:52:11 AM
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" What I am driving at is that those of you well off will not be able to go to the head of the line under this new healthcare plan, just because you have money, as no physician will be willing to go against the law to treat you."

That was probably the case at the time. The only way he could charge his $2500 fee was if he accepted no Medicare patients at all, which some doctors did. That feature had me so turned off on Medicare that I studied it thoroughly to see how I could avoid enrolling. But it is no longer the case. Private agreements with patients are now legal. And many still simply don't accept Medicare patients.

some of his assumptions about
the new bill are incorrect.

I think so, too.
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