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To: Cogito who wrote (129107)	1/24/2010 7:49:29 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) of 541823

I think we're never going to get healthcare costs under control as long as the system is operated for profit, and doctors are paid for each procedure, which gives them the incentive to always do more, prescribe more tests, etc. I think it's a fallacy to attribute it to profit. You need to change the payment schedule to correct that. (Also need to change the law that encourages defensive medicine and the screening protocols, both reasons for excessive tests.) It is possible (although not necessarily preferable) to do so within a for-profit framework. There may be a case to be made for taking the profit out but you need more than what you offered to make it.

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