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EDITORIAL: Escaping the medical bureaucracy
Las Vegas Review Journal ^
| June 10, 2007
| Unattributed
Posted on 06/10/2007 7:54:30 AM PDT by gpapa
The career tracks of Drs. Jeffrey Duckham and James Taylor and the reactions they've faced from advocates of socialized medicine say a lot about the future of health care in the United States.
(Excerpt) Read more at lvrj.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: doctors; elections; healthcare; innovation; insurance; medical; patients; physicians; sanfranciso; singlepayer; socializedmedicine; taxes
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posted on
06/10/2007 7:54:31 AM PDT
by
gpapa
To: gpapa
Concierge plan spreading in S Florida among docs and dentists, though I had not heard it called that. Meanwhile my doc has cancelled his association with Humana Medicare HMO. No wonder, they only paid him $15 to see me.
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posted on
06/10/2007 8:03:05 AM PDT
by
ClaireSolt
(Have you have gotten mixed up in a mish-masher?)
To: gpapa
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posted on
06/10/2007 8:09:22 AM PDT
by
buffyt
(I hope it gets a little warmer up north. I’ve always wanted to hunt polar bears but it's too cold!)
To: gpapa
New tagline:
Government healthcare will be as efficient as government schools.
Cheers!
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posted on
06/10/2007 8:12:09 AM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: gpapa
The democrat party has maliciously, utterly and irreversibly destroyed Medicare, whose fees drop each year, while the John Edwards’ crooked shysters raise costs of practice toward the stratosphere.
To: gpapa
Best post of the week bump!
To: gpapa
It will all be okay right after the liberals nationalize the health care system in this country. I just wonder where Canadians will go when their system doesn't work.
Oh, wait! I know! Cuba, to stand in line behind Michael Moore to see a doctor.
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posted on
06/10/2007 9:08:47 AM PDT
by
Bernard
(You can't fix stupid. Stop trying.)
To: ClaireSolt
This is cheaper than my regular insurance. I pay about $100 out of pocket with an empoyer subsidy. If I had my choice, I’d have this plus a catestrophic for emergencies or serious medical problems. I had outpatient surgery recently, and I got the itemization of the costs. If I had all of the money I contributed to my health plan over the last seven years in an account earning 2% interest, plus this plan, I’d still have plenty of money left over.
I also think if there were more doctors that operated this way, I could probably shop areound get a rate in the $90/month range and still get a decent doctor.
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posted on
06/10/2007 9:15:57 AM PDT
by
PrincessB
("I am an expert on my own opinion." - Dave Ramsey)
To: gpapa
Liberals cannot abide the notion of freedom... the idea you can shop for your doctor, decide what services you need and pay for them at the time they are delivered, is anathema for them. What they want is control. That's the true reason they back government-run health care.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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posted on
06/10/2007 9:25:59 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: gpapa
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posted on
06/10/2007 9:26:16 AM PDT
by
VOA
To: goldstategop
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posted on
06/10/2007 9:28:20 AM PDT
by
darkangel82
(Socialism is NOT an American value.)
To: gpapa
The Hillary Care bill would have made such arrangements a crime.
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posted on
06/10/2007 10:13:14 AM PDT
by
The Great RJ
("Mir we bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
To: Bernard
I could see a lot of clinics setting up in the Caribbean or other relatively freer zones. Have your vacation and a hip replacement too!
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posted on
06/10/2007 10:15:44 AM PDT
by
coydog
(Free Melissa Busekros!)
To: gpapa
Excellent editorial.
Today, virtually every Democratic presidential candidate currently in the race has a plan to eventually impose a single-payer, universal health plan. It's no exaggeration to suggest that such a system will go to great lengths to prevent citizens from having the option of receiving medical attention outside the control of some top-down bureaucracy.
the only thing I would change is: "Today, virtually every Democrat-Socialist presidential candidate currently in the race...."
time to bring transparency and openness to Congress just as Pelosi has said.
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posted on
06/10/2007 10:18:35 AM PDT
by
socialismisinsidious
( The socialist income tax system turns US citizens into beggars or quitters!)
To: gpapa
bump for later.....and to get my husband to read this!
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posted on
06/10/2007 10:52:13 AM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(Being Challenged BuildsCharacter! Being Coddled Destroys Character!)
To: ClaireSolt
I can go to LP field today and see country music singers for $14.00; why are you charging more?
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posted on
06/10/2007 10:57:16 AM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: Old Professer
Isn’t that apples and oranges? docs and country music singers?
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posted on
06/10/2007 2:12:43 PM PDT
by
ClaireSolt
(Have you have gotten mixed up in a mish-masher?)
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