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To: Lane3 who wrote (213383)	7/25/2007 1:40:07 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794009

Why speculate? Just go to his web site and look: Working families and small businesses will be able to purchase coverage through the Federal Employee Health Benefits Plan. Americans 55 and older will be able to purchase coverage through Medicare. Seniors and persons with disabilities will also receive all of their care through Medicare, rather than multiple, uncoordinated, inadequate programs, as they do now. Lower-income Americans will obtain affordable coverage through expanded Medicaid and State Child Health Insurance (SCHIP) programs. Veterans will get access to the high-quality care they deserve, when they need it, without bureaucratic hassles. richardsonforpresident.com

To: Lane3 who wrote (213383)	7/25/2007 6:53:20 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794009

When I said "they", I referred to the same "they" you were talking about here... If what they mean is taxpayer-provided universal health care, then I disagree. Message 23730994 Also, no one thinks that the Government should clone Doctors or anything like that, do they? You said: " (My dad is having to wait a month for a relatively simple procedure. And you have to schedule a colonoscopy six months in advance with my gastroenterologist.) I don't think it's moonbatty to say that patients "deserve" an assurance of timely and effective care." The Doctors are fewer in number for several reasons: 1) Birth rate is down in the US since 1970 to "0%" to replace ourselves. Now I think it is even in negative numbers. 2) The Med Schools have limited the number of Docs and Dentists that even go through Med School. 3) The cost to become a Doctor is prohibitive for most people to even attempt to do it. We seem to have many people coming here to this country that are paid by their countries to go to our schools....but I don't see lots of scholarships offered to many people here in this country who either have wealth from their parents, or individually have the necessary hundreds of thousands to complete the course work. 4) After a Doc becomes a Doc, the government tells them how much they can charge (Medicare - which seems to be the overseer for all ages as to charge for the procedure), THEN Medicare determines the Percentage of the charge they will be paid for. For example.... --Let's say the actual cost of a procedure is $100. --Medicare determined that the Doc can bill only (pick a number...) 60-75% of what the Doc's actual cost is. --Then, once the bill is sent to the patient and Medicare...the Docs can only receive a percentage of the BILLABLE charge....So they might receive 60% of the already reduced bill that the Government has deemed appropriate. WHY would ANYONE want to continue bat their heads on the wall? It is VERY frustrating for the patients, but it is equally frustrating for the Doctors.