STATE SLAPS DR. DO-GOOD INSURANCE BUREAUCRATS REJECT $79 HEALTH PLAN

The New York Post ^ | 3-4-2009 | By JENNIFER FERMINO

[BronzePencil]

The state is trying to shut down a New York City doctor's ambitious plan to treat uninsured patients for around $1,000 a year.

Dr. John Muney offers his patients everything from mammograms to mole removal at his AMG Medical Group clinics, which operate in all five boroughs.

"I'm trying to help uninsured people here," he said.

[BronzePencil]

Seems like a good idea, why New York isn't on board is beyond me.

[relictele]

There’s no money it in short term or long term for the gummint. The vicious circle of high medical costs and high insurance premiums demands (they say) government oversight and eventually a muscling-out of private insurance.

Gotta keep the bureaucracy growing. Every city is entitled to a Fat Tammy The Secretary who orders lunch at 10:30 each day but does little else.

[Da Coyote]

Just wait ‘til the Obamaloons introduce their universal health care. Bet they’ll do like the Brits and actively try to torpedo provide health care.

Remember, the bottom of the legal barrel become senators and representatives - and they hate real talent.

[PGR88]

State insurance and Medical policy is set by SEIU. They can not change, would never consider something they are not involved in. NY is like the Soviet Union - it is paralyzed in its present bureaucratic, ideological system, steadily in decline and unable to change.

[syriacus]

This situation reminds me of a mug I have..
Words on the front, "Behind every success is someone with a great idea.
Words on the back, "Behind every great idea is someone saying, "It won't work."

I hope this doctor succeeds.

Maybe the doctor should go into the business of "selling" his patients something similar to a metrocard.

[Antoninus]

Seems like a good idea, why New York isn't on board is beyond me.

Because any plan that could actually help people but works outside of Big Government must be outlawed.

In healthcare, government is the problem, not the solution.

[dirtboy]

There’s no money it in short term or long term for the gummint.

There is much more to it than that.

One reason the cost of health insurance keeps going up is that states like New York keep mandating more and more of what health insurance must cover.

This guy is trying to provide insurance for basics, but he probably doesn't cover expensive prescriptions or procedures. Can't have that. Better to price the cost of insurance above the reach of working stiffs than let eevil insurance companies not provide Cadillac coverage for everyone.

It's a completely self-defeating approach - apparent to everyone except the liberal insurance regulator weenies.

[mort56]

Seems like a good idea, why New York isn't on board is beyond me.

The state of New York and by that I mean the Democratic Party of New York is not interested in a good idea. They are interested in power. If the private sector comes up with a good idea to service the poor with health care they need to stop it because their ultimate aim is for them to control it.

If you haven't heard, the only good job is a government job. And the only reason that is a tenet of the Democratic Party is because politicians are in complete control of government workers. And control equals power.

[EBH]

The state believes his plan runs afoul of the law because it promises to cover unplanned procedures - like treating a sudden ear infection - under a fixed rate. That's something only a licensed insurance company can do.

I'd like to make an appointment with the insurance company to treat my ear infection. Oh...I have to see a doctor for that...? But, the law says you have to treat my ear infection.

Bah! This is exactly an example what is wrong with the insurance/government/medical monopoly.

I don't have insurance, can't literally afford it at $1000 a month due to pre-existing conditions even with them eliminated from coverage! My doctors often negotiate their prices with me. Just this morning my eye doctor relized I didn't have medical or eye coverage and reduced his visit rate from $200 to $25. The special contact lens will run me $125, not $300. Four years ago I know for a fact I paid close to $400 for the "medically necessary" lense, because insurance denied the claim at the time. I did not even ask this particular doctor for those rates. He simply made the decision to do it. I don't know what the answer is to the current system, all I know is what I go through and have experienced at the hands of both insurance companies and real doctors.

[Cacique]

btt

[socialismisinsidious]

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[HonestConservative]

Because they can’t make hay out of it.

[DouglasKC]

If i was a doctor this is exactly what i would do. He would still be making money hand over fist, patients would be grateful and he’d sleep better at night not having to deal with insurance and the government.