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To: Taikun who wrote (57525)	12/23/2004 9:14:52 AM
From: RealMuLan	Read Replies (1) of 74559

David, maybe Blue Cross covers here too, but the problems is that they charge a much higher premium and have a higher deductible comparing to HMO, so few employees have them as insurance. None of HMO here covers acupuncture, and it suxs. Even for some conditions like MS, which western medicine has no way to control but acupuncture can improve it in many cases, HMO won't cover. Surgeons make unbelievable profit in surgery so that is all they push. Some hospitals in the US operate like “processing plant”. They schedule a dozen or more surgeries every week, sometimes twice a week or even 3 times a week, for all kinds of patients, including a lot of patients who are not supposed to be operated upon, like Stage III and IV cancer patients. All they care about is their profit. That is why a surgeon who just finishes intern can earn as much as $600,000 annual salary. Yeah, some people are profiting from the high health care cost in the US.

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