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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (342997)	7/12/2007 2:48:38 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1577893

re: I wonder why some doctors want to trade one bureaucracy (health insurance and HMOs) for another (federal government). A couple of reasons I think: -There are well over 200 "insurers", all with different billing systems and rules. Dealing with the varied systems costs them tremendous overhead. -The HMO's and insurance companies are in the business of making a profit by denying claims. They are not in the business of "healthy patients". -When they treat an uninsured patient they probably get stiffed. -It would probably be easier for them to lobby one entity (the government) for positive changes than trying to change all the health insurance companies. -They probably believe everybody should have the ability to be treated; it would be good for their business volume!