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

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (11320)	11/16/2009 9:52:42 AM
From: skinowski	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

most restrictive payment policy in the nation for drug-eluting cardiac stents—simply because bare metal stents are cheaper, even as they result in worse outcomes We do need "safety net" bare bones healthcare for those who have no coverage and who cannot pay. Such thinking may go somewhat against our egalitarian instincts, but it may work. Bare metal stents are still far better than no stents at all. The real problem begins when they try to impose - by force - the same bare bones healthcare on every citizen. Today, if Warren Buffett would pay his doctor even one dollar above the "medicare allowed" rates, his doctor would be breaking a ton of laws and regulations if he accepted that one extra dollar. SI is an investment board. I submit that if they pass a restrictive reform - which they seem to be shooting for - then Medical Tourism would become a big growth industry. Please let me know, anyone, if you find some publicly traded well run medical tourism names..... TIA.