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To: TimF who wrote (360982)	12/1/2007 8:31:39 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576600

"I'm talking about the number who have long waits, weeks or months." You ever try to get to a specialist in less than a week or two? And HMOs often have a large number of hoops to jump through for elective surgery. So it is going to vary a lot. Since data isn't collected in the US, there isn't any way to compare average waiting times for elective surgery. However, in some countries the data is collected. There is a strong correlation between the number of doctors and average wait time. There is also a correlation as to whether the doctors are paid a salary or per procedure. oecd.org Neither of these two factors need be affected by single payer. True, salaries might go down for physicians, but since they would no longer have to pay for malpractice insurance, their take home won't necessarily be reduced. And their administrative costs go way down. So, it doesn't look like single payer means long wait times.