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To: Alighieri who wrote (607892)	4/15/2011 2:37:34 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) of 1583171

>>> You are making an excellent case for why these costs would go up if paid for by a private insurer... This is nonsense. Private insurers today pick up the tab, via cost-shifting, for underpayments from Medicare/Medicaid. There is nothing at all to suggests privatization would do anything other than REDUCE health care costs. In very limited areas a practice can operate with only Medicaid and/or Medicare fees. For example, Mental Health clinics are vastly overpaid by Medicaids around the country, which has created rampant fraud in these areas. Similarly, NET (non-emergency transportation) has been been abused in many states. However, as a general proposition, a physician's practice CANNOT SURVIVE on Medicare and Medicaid fees. Today, they aren't even paying fixed overhead costs for operating a medical practice. Which means that even shuffling patients to PAs and APNs is not a viable long-term arrangement. >> You are making an excellent case for why these costs would go up if paid for by a private insurer... You keep saying this but you cannot support it with a cogent argument.

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