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1 posted on 06/08/2011 4:36:52 PM PDT by Kaslin
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There is a fact that is never mentioned when discussing Obamacare that I think needs a larger airing: much of "medical" costs have to do with the liability exposure that doctors face treating patients. The lawyers are the reason that doctors practice defensive medicine, preforming tests that fall in the realm of no-sparrow-shall-fall diagnostics and treatments. I witnessed this very thing when I had a heart attack -- my insurance company said that a good number of the tests done on me were "unnecessary". Right. The doctor thought they were necessary. And I never got to weigh in on the discussion. So I'm still paying off the uninsured portion of my treatment, which is 52 percent of the total.

There is a solution, but conservatives won't like it much: have the insurance company share the liability. If the insurance company refuses to cover a procedure, then that fact should be part of any litigation.

2 posted on 06/08/2011 4:46:59 PM PDT by asinclair ("Buy American" -- unless the other product is significantly superior)
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stupid people
4 posted on 06/08/2011 5:03:06 PM PDT by FrankR (A people that values its privileges above its principles will soon lose both.)
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I came across a perfect example of the horrible flaws in the legislation. The mother of my daughter’s tennis opponent in a recent match engaged me about Obamacare. I did not bring up the subject. I had not met her before. She told me that her cardiologist husband was leaving private practice after 13 years because of Obamacare. I was surprisesd when she told me that she was a ardent Democrat. She was still not sure that she could vote against Obama even after her husband’s loss of practice. Obamacare has barely begun so if it is bad now, the situation will be much worse later. Her husband cannot keep his practice afloat with the low reimbursement rates and many onerous requirements in the law.

Obamacare is a disaster to its core. It is easy to get lost in all of the horrible details. I focus on the assumptions and basic aims of the law. The law codifies the misguided notion that someone else should pay for your health care. The rats call this scheme “health care rights”. The law uses the familiar tyranny of the majority to enforce this misguided notion. Individuals with incomes up to $90,000 will receive subsidized health insurance. Obamacare along with many other rat legislation try to establish legal right to confiscate property from others (the rich).

Beyond the assumptions of free loading and destruction of private property, Obamacare involves effective government control of an incredibly complex industry (a number of industries). Government control means mandated services, price controls, and rationing. Basic economics is clear about the results of central planning on this scale. There will be lots of unmet demand unless black and grey markets develop. You may have a right to health care but that right cannot force availability of competent health care services.


7 posted on 06/08/2011 6:18:52 PM PDT by businessprofessor
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