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On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:10:06 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
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The biggest cost factor, the actual care, is being ignored by
everyone.


Perhaps, that's certainly a big number. Something like 70% of docs want a
public option or single payer. They're just as sick of the paperwork as
everyone else.


They just want a government rubber stamp on their bills. I don't blame
them but if you are going to control costs more than the insurance
companies do you will be denying a lot more of their bills.

If you took every penny of insurance company profits away and reduced
the top pay for their executives to a GS16 level you wouldn't come
close to having the kind of money it takes for universal coverage.



Sure is easy to blame the doctors, but it's a fallacy that the are the cause
of the problem. Insurance companies are only interested in profit, they
don't care a fig about people's health. This is normal for a company, but an
abomination for public health. It's like having a military that's only
interested in profit vs. national security. Oh wait, we've got that ala
Blackwater. Never mind.

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