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To: Icebrg who wrote (1700)7/3/2003 11:55:46 AM
From: IRWIN JAMES FRANKEL  Respond to of 3044
 
To add to the complexity:

In the US people without any medical coverage are treated in hospitals as charity cases raising the costs to the institution without generating any revenue. In fact, taking some charity cases is required by the tax exempt status of many of our nations hospitals. These very expensive in hospital costs may have even been avoided if drugs and cheaper treatments were available to the uninsured. It all makes me wonder just how expensive a system would be if everyone was covered.

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To: Icebrg who wrote (1700)7/4/2003 6:50:35 AM
From: Prasanna L Soni  Respond to of 3044
 
I am a surgeon. The 10% to 30% who are not insured are getting health care at clinics and emergency rooms. The 13% of GDP cost of health care includes even the uninsured.
No one is denied health care at my office. I just don't get paid for the ones without insurance, in most instances.In other words the insured people are paying for the care of the uninsured and part of our taxes are paying for the uninsured.


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