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To: combjelly who wrote (344001)	7/23/2007 4:49:55 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573683

CJ, > One good thing is it enables the issue of malpractice to be addressed. That, and the removal of bad docs from practice would solve the problem. There would no longer be big awards because of settlements because the issue of long term care is addressed. a) We can't remove bad teachers from our "universal" education system, so why expect bad doctors to be removed from a universal health care program? b) Someone still has to pay for the long-term care of malpractice victims. These days, it's handled by malpractice insurance, which at least puts some burden on the doctors to perform well. With universal health care, the burden would be on the taxpayer. No accountability. > And there is no reason why we couldn't have lower costs due to single payer. Sure sure, as long as we have the right people in charge ... Tenchusatsu