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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: Road Walker who wrote (23868)6/28/2012 7:11:23 PM
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>> That's human history. We wouldn't be bipedal if we hadn't tried it.

Yes, but it is so much more complicated than that. When you put the entire country's health care system in an experimental mode, you destroy the quality of health care. And I see it already.

In the 20 years or so I've been working with physician practices, I have never seen the number of docs retire at an early age as I have in the last year. Now, I can't prove it is typical or why it I'm seeing it, but I've heard a number of them mention the downright hassle of having government in their business as a contributing factor. I've not seen physicians walk away from Medicare & Medicaid like I have in the last two years -- and it is easy to see why: most specialties lose money on seeing these patients. It is my belief most simply do not KNOW how bad it is for their bottom lines to see MCR/MCD patients. One of our business interests is in the business of showing them just that, and I've seen their eyes opened. If I were a physician I would run like hell from government payers.

We've seen the disasters government has created when it gets involved in health care and there can be no doubt this legislation is a doubling down on government intervention.

Everyone's health care is going to suffer as a result of it and before people know it, it may be too late to undo the damage. This isn't the way competent people conduct experiments.
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