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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (27106)	1/25/2006 1:21:08 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 57684

thats different that is an emergency. I'm talking about plastic surgery and elective procedures. The problem is that US hospitals rely on elective surgery to subsidize other stuff. I don't think they can lose this revenue stream, or remain unscathed from any pricing erosion. The internet has caused deflation in a lot of goods services, and salaries. It is just naive to think that the US medical industry is immune, thats what I think. Employers in San Diego are already buying healthplans that push workers to Mexico for general care. If the US medical industry had pricing that was 30% over the ROW then we could have a debate. But thats not what we have, we have a system that is 5-10 times as expensive as other countries. I don't think it will hold. jmo