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F.O.A.D.

On 11/11/13, 11:54 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:14:31 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 11/11/13, 11:04 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:36:47 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

Have you been
admitted to a hospital in the past few years? Take a look at what they
charge for an aspirin.

You blame that on lawyers as much as anything else. They need a well
documented paper train for everything they do in a hospital that is
strong enough to hold up in court

When I was in the military the Navy dentists scared the crap out of me.
I had full dental coverage and care obviously but on at least two
occasions I paid out of pocket to go to a civilian dentist who I thought
was more "up" with the times. That's an example of what I am talking
about.

That is what a single payer system gets you. Everything goes to the
lowest bidder.

Bull****. The practice I visit accepts single payer (Medicare, for
example), and they are top-rated physicians.

Medicare is NOT single payer and even then, there are plenty of
doctors who do not take medicare patients.

It's pretty much single payer with options, and the doctors at the
practice I visit are as money-grubbing as any selection of doctors. In
fact, years ago I asked my doc at the time what he thought about
Medicare and he said he was glad for it, because it brought the practice
patients they would not otherwise see and it generated more ca$h.

The current Medicare reimbursement for an hour of psychotherapy
treatment was about $90 last year, according to my wife, whose
professional assn publishes such data. The private insurance
reimbursement rate averages about the same.

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