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To: screaminsunshine
I am amazed at the ones who say they like Medicare. Have they looked at the form they get that shows how little the government pays the doctor or allows them to bill you? Someone has to make up the difference.

I remember seeing notices for doctors who would not take Medicare. Patients had to pay up front, and wait for the small reimbursement. Why don't we limit what lawyers can charge? We can live without lawyers much better than without doctors.

6 posted on 08/30/2009 5:24:55 AM PDT by mathluv ( Conservative first and foremost, republican second - GO SARAHCUDA!!!!)
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To: mathluv
Why don't we limit what lawyers can charge? We can live without lawyers much better than without doctors.

Yeah, let's get the government involved in the market! And while we're at it, we can set a minimum wage so no one can be poor, and allow employees to bargain collectively but not employers, and we can force employers to pay time and a half whenever people work more than 40 hours, and ...

9 posted on 08/30/2009 7:04:40 AM PDT by Darth Reardon
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