Obama care
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07-05-2009, 09:38 PM
Now, do you mean "Government Run", or "Government Subsidized"?
Either way, it would cut into the revenues for the insurance companies, and I don't see that happening very soon. It will take a voter revolt to get that through. As long as they don't get it done, it's something they can campaign on. Pass it, and they lose that soap-box.
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07-05-2009, 09:57 PM
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cap & trade got through the house, it's a real possibility that they're going to try and ram this past us too.
With that idiot Al Frankin getting in they now have a super majority, in other words fillabuster proof, be very afraid.
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07-05-2009, 10:46 PM
i have another question about 'national healthcare', will it cut into the salaries of doctors? they make a lot of money and drive around in expensive cars. what happens to their paycheck?
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07-05-2009, 11:59 PM
It likely will eventually, thereby discouraging doctors from practicing here. There's a reason the US is attractive to the medical profession. You don't see countries with nationalized health care leading the way in cutting edge technology. When is the last time Canada produced some breakthrough in health care?
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07-06-2009, 03:50 AM
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Singe Payer is "Off the table" to quote Obama.
Two articles worth perusing; Experts Agree on First Set of International Health Care Quality Indicators; U.S. Spends Most, But Quality Could Improve - The Commonwealth Fund Look at how much more we spend than the other nations in the survey Annals of Medicine: The Cost Conundrum: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker This one sort of makes me wonder to what degree greedy doctors contribute to the problem.
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07-07-2009, 09:52 PM
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What is your point ? run them all out of the country ?, class warfare is stupid.
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07-07-2009, 11:45 PM
my point was that i'm not sure that the doctors will be for it and give up their nice pay check. if this goes through, their pay is cut and they will have to take what the government wants to pay them. even the ones that love obama, i am pretty sure don't want a cut in pay for their services. :thumbsup:
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07-07-2009, 11:49 PM
my point was that i'm not sure that the doctors will be for it and give up their nice pay check. if this goes through, their pay is cut and they will have to take what the government wants to pay them. even the ones that love obama, i am pretty sure don't want a cut in pay for their services. :thumbsup:
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07-08-2009, 05:58 PM
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If you think health care is expensive now...wait until it's free....!!!
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