Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: i-node who wrote (6151)	2/17/2009 12:39:29 PM
From: Lane3	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Why? That's easy: there is no profit motive. I would point more toward the mindless standardization that comes with big and bureaucratic and the irrationality that comes with politics. I don't think that the profit motive is essential to quality. (I'm a retired Fed. <g>) But monopolies, particularly monopolies guided by politics, are killers. The patient can't pay for it. That's what insurance is for, right? The doctor in your example was being creative. We still have creativity in our system. I suspect that those who are fond of their socialized systems, like the Canadians, are victims of the lack of creativity. The doctors follow the standards. The patients never know the difference because all their neighbors are treated to the same standards so everyone feels like it's working well. The environment contains no outliers so there is no feedback to disrupt their sense of well-being.

To: i-node who wrote (6151)	2/26/2009 12:53:04 AM
From: John Koligman	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (186625) 2/25/2009 10:11:00 PM From: CRUSADER4TRUTH of 186645 OT PS Elroy, Insurers are the PROBLEM bigtime, they play games, they take all the premiums but when it comes time to pay, they delay, they have 45 days to pay then are supposed to pay interest, they never do moreover, they will let claims sit and you have to go after them tooth and nail for less than $100 and still they delay- we need one insurer, cut all the bs and red tape, if the diagnosis fits let the computer sort it out and none of the end of the month and quarter games they play so their numbers look goood- DONT GET ME STARTED medicare/medicaid pay every 14 days period, if the code fits they pay and yeah they will audit you but after a few times and you do your job they leave you alone and send the checks, just try to get paid by a private insurer in 2 weeks ROFL not gonna happen- we send claims the same day and they get them that day but simply dont pay-