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To: i-node who wrote (478244)	5/6/2009 10:09:38 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576287

Incredible.....I'm surprised you didn't claim to show that 100 million had too much insurance.....what a jerk.. btw, is 43 million 5%?

To: i-node who wrote (478244)	5/7/2009 6:10:55 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Respond to of 1576287

"Other than ERs, you will not find imaging centers running two shifts. The notable exception is when those centers are selling services for self-paying patients like full body scans, which are generally not considered medically necessary. You really don't know what you're talking about, however. Physicians, by law, cannot receive any payments for referrals of Medicare or Medicaid beneficiaries -- to imaging centers or anywhere else. Diagnostic imaging has been the biggest single target of this law. Furthermore, physicians ordering tests performed at any outside facility (lab, x-ray, pathology, whatever) cannot mark those tests up if they bill directly for them. " re: "other than ERs..." Another opinion with no facts...the medical group I use has all the latest diagnostic tools with MRI and Cscan running two shifts... And you're wrong again when you say they are only for self paying patients....Medicare and I would suppose Medicaid patients are sent to these tools regularly... And btw, those organizations routinely give those referrals, how else would a patient be scanned on one? "Most low income people who lose their jobs are also without health insurance, according to a new study on the uninsured in the US. Families USA conducted the study, they found that 54 percent of unemployed people cannot afford health insurance and are not eligible for Medicaid."