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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (129000)	1/21/2010 7:43:13 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542038

Why would I ever go to a doctor who is not affiliated or had privileges at a hospital somewhere. You wouldn't. That's not the point. The point is that it costs more at the hospital. Most people don't care because it's not their dime. They couldn't care less about what it costs Medicare. My doctor uses both sites. The non-Medicare patient gets to choose. If it's safe to do it in the doctor's surgery, more convenient to do it in the doctor's surgery, and cheaper to do it in the doctor's surgery, then I want to do it in the doctor's surgery. For one thing, I don't like not having the choice that others have. For another, Medicare is not acting in it's own financial best interests nor those of enrollees and taxpayers.