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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (440377)	8/13/2011 8:54:52 AM
From: skinowski	4 Recommendations Respond to of 794488

I think that considerations like the one brought up by GWN and me were the selling point used to convince many people on the Left to go along with the half baked Obamacare. IMO this is the reason that people like Kucinich supported it. It is meant to be but a step towards socialized medicine. I believe it is the nature of any Government to want to expand. Socialized healthcare would be a big step in that direction; it is a huge part of our lives and of the economy. The self limitations imposed by America's founders on the powers of government were not the rule, they were an exception. I thought for a long time that the government - sort of instinctively - always tried to move in the direction of taking over healthcare. Medicare was crucial and has set the tone. A little anecdote - back in 1981, when I first started in practice, I knew that one of the big local insurers, GHI, had not raised their fees in 15 years. One day I called them to find out whether they were planning any raises. The answer was - no. I explained that their fee did not even cover my costs. Apparently the guy on the line wanted to be nice to me. His suggestion was - "Doctor, you must do more tests". I am still impressed with the insanity of this advice; and yet, this is the mindset. A bureaucrat in a moment of kindness was teaching a young doc how to play the system.