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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (306985)	10/19/2006 2:13:36 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575761

re: Instead, the kind of abuse includes: - Overprescription of drugs, especially boutique drugs over generic. - Getting insurance to pay for unnecessary procedures and prescriptions. Why should Viagra be part of "health benefits," for instance? Is that more urgent than the poor kid waiting for a kidney transplant? - Doctors running all sorts of expensive tests on common symptoms like the flu in order to cover themselves from malpractice. Doesn't cost them or the patient a dime, so why not? - And don't get me started on malpractice lawyers ... All those things are happening now under the current system! You could easily argue that they are a symptom of our dysfunctional health care system. Those issues could be better controlled with a universal system, as they are in other industrialized countries. You might feel differently if you didn't work for a company that provides great health coverage for free.