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To: quehubo who wrote (105771)	3/9/2009 9:21:59 PM
From: Paul Kern	Respond to of 541921

Go look at the numbers. Forget this neocon stuff and look at facts.

To: quehubo who wrote (105771)	3/9/2009 9:31:55 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541921

<<<If we are paying too much it is because too much money goes to lawyers.>>> Lawyers make a lot of money but nowhere near the executive pay for people working at insurance companies. On top of that insurance companies have huge marketing and other overhead to find creative ways to deny payment. And then you have to throw in profits. Yes, I understand that insurance companies have to compete for business. So every insurance company have to have their own advertising campaign. They have to have their own computer systems. They have to have competitive overhead expenses. But, just what do these companies offer in terms of providing value added healthcare to earn this money? There is no value added. With a single payer system, you would eliminate all this duplication and wasted effort.

To: quehubo who wrote (105771)	3/9/2009 11:02:03 PM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541921

If we are paying too much it is because too much money goes to lawyers. There are two ways to protect the public with health care; letting the lawyers keep them honest or regulation. Would you rather have regulation? Or perhaps you would like your doctor to perform operations on you in the very cheapest way possible? You know, unregulated like the mortgage industry? "Fogging a mirror" takes on a whole new meaning here. steve

To: quehubo who wrote (105771)	3/10/2009 12:50:13 AM
From: 8bits	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541921

If infant mortality is so bad for the poor black community what about the poor Latino's? The infant mortality for Mexican Americans is lower than for non-Hispanic whites: cdc.gov When grouped together the infant mortality rate is slightly better for Hispanics than non-Hispanic Whites: cdc.gov Source articles: cdc.gov cdc.gov

To: quehubo who wrote (105771)	3/10/2009 7:03:09 AM
From: Travis_Bickle	Respond to of 541921

I've been practicing law since 1987 and never made a single penny off the medical system. A viable medical malpractice case is very rare and there is an immense number of lawyers competing to get that case. When Blue Cross quotes a monthly payment of $600 for me and $1000 for a 35 year old, childless female employee, I have a hard time believing that money is going to lawyers, given that I don't known a single lawyer that is making anything from the medical system. Though despite my having been part of the legal system for over twenty years people will still insist that the reason health care is so expensive is because of the lawyers ... I guess I must be either a liar or a fool.