Re: Canadians and others who think the US is evil

From: Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD (nospam5_at_heartmdphd.com)
Date: 07/31/04 

Date: 31 Jul 2004 12:48:28 -0700

"George Conklin" <nilknoc@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:<QiNOc.3542$Jp6.2322@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>...

> They system is working well for providers,

Perhaps... if by providers you mean health insurance companies whose
CEOs and CFOs typically pull down 7-8 figure salaries.

> and that is why it does not
> change. Providers do nothing but complain about everything

The health insurance companies did recently lose a large lawsuit for
unethical payment practices that shortchanged physicians so they are
understandably complaining.

> but that just
> serves to make sure we never get universal health care in the USA, the main
> goal of keeping medicine a 'privilege.'

The health insurance companies understandably do not want to lose
their entire market to univeral health care.

Many physicians stand to earn more take home pay if there were
universal health care because they would stop "eating" the costs of
caring for the uninsured.

Servant to the humblest person in the universe,

Andrew 

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