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On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 10:31:03 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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Their lobbyist, the insurance companies and hospital conglomerates
sure seemed to control this process. They have no interest in having
low tech clinics competing with their million dollar operations for
entry level medicine. If someone cuts their hand and needs some wound
care you don't really need a trauma center. You don't really even need
a doctor most of the time.
A lot of things could be handled by pharmacists without ever seeing a
doctor.


The AMA supported the House bill. Look it up. The ins. companies would
oppose anything that would cut into their profits. Most docs supported the
public option.

That is because the lobbyists wrote the bill, both of them


Both of them??? The AMA doesn't even represent all docs. I believe it's
something like 30%.

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