SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: TimF who wrote (262766)4/25/2008 6:08:02 PM
From: geode00  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Most of your sources are right wing propaganda. You should have better sources.

No, there is rationing because you do not have, for example, MRI time available due to a lack of machines and rationing because your insurance company doesn't want to pay for using the MRI machine even when they are readily available.

They are two different things.

Sometimes people go back to the doctor time and again because the doctor isn't getting to the root of the problem. Sometimes the doctor is at fault and the patient is correct. That isn't over use, that is incompetence or simply a medical mistake.

There are plenty of people with good insurance who don't take advantage of all the different services. Going to the doctor has an opportunity cost along with real costs in terms of annoyance, boredom and general ickiness from being at the doctor's office in those stupid little backless things.

This is fun for who?

Initially, those who have had little or no care may show up for real problems en masse. That would be expected. That will taper off.

You can encourage rational usage (ie go when you really need to) by having copayments. People will stop to pick up a dollar even though it no longer buys a cup of coffee. It doesn't take much to have people not go to the doctor until they need to go.

OTOH, if an uninsured or underinsured person fails to go to the doctor because it is a $500 bill and then ends up very sick, in the hospital and bankrupt, what is the use of that?
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2026 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News