Posted on 05/22/2005 12:27:00 PM PDT by STD
Not necessairily. If "hundreds of billions of dollars" are saved because people are being terminated, those "hundreds of billions of dollars" will be redirected to other important social needs, like housing for the homeless, education for illegal aliens, or pay raises for politicians.
I've never understood why liberals hate HMOs but love government health care. What exactly do they think the difference in care will be?
I took my son to Kaiser in DC for a follow up with a pediatric specialist. A young female doctor struck up a conversation with my son. She engaged him, she was charming, she was funny. Later while waiting at the reception I heard somebody mention that she was new and what was she doing here. "Abortions" she said. Just like that "Abortions". The hairs still stand up on the back of my neck when I remember.
Kaiser is an HMO, and is very, very liberal. I know, because my father worked for them until retirement. And the Kaiser Family Foundation is about as socialist as you can get.....
I had Kaiser coverage from birth, but after they screwed up surgery on my foot after a climbing accident when I was in High School, I never returned. It has been private doctors ever since. You get what you pay for....
Sort of spooky and ironic!
Bookmarked.
How much time any one has left is subjective, an unknown quantity. Who decides when & who to kill? Judges of course or committees like they had in Nazi Germany.
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Actually I'm in favor of assisted suicide for politicians.
WHY Is It, that in ANY OTHER "Field of Endeavor," we seem to Understand this Fact;--Yet, when it comes to "Medical Care," we simply CANNOT ungerstand that "Supply & Demand" STILL APPLIES!!
There exists a HUGH proportion of "Medical Care" which is Done, "Gratis;" but the Costs Remain. The "HMO's" calculate EVERY LAST PENNY of Their "Overhead."
The "Doc's" bill for Their "Services," but they Also "Treat the Indigent--'Gratis'".
No One "Reimburses the 'Doc's" for their Free Care.
At a Guess, I would estimate that 15-20% of Medical Care is Delivered FREE-OF=CHARGE!!
WHO PAYS FOR THIS "FREE CARE??"---NO One;== the 'Doc's do the care, "Gratis", "ON THEIR OWN!!"
I Guarantee that the "Insurance Companies" have "Calculated In" the "Free Care" rendered by "The 'Docs'"!
I Further Promise You, that WHEN the 'Doc's elect to Charge for their "Free Care," the "Insurance Companies" will MASSIVELY increase their "Premiums!!"
Do you Wonder WHY the "EXECUTIVES" of an "Insurance Company" make TEN TIMES what a 'Doc Makes??
Doc
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I'll bet within the decade Kaiser will be a leader in euthanasia. Their treatment model has been trending this way for quite some time.
Yikes, down to dollars and cents -- not life!
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