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Originally Posted by SoonerCoug
Why would you assume that the government wouldn't regulate what doctors could do in various situations? I don't think the government would necessarily give doctors more freedom.
Let me give you an example of how my HMO regulated my claims when I was on the verge of death from Crohn's disease...
HMO: "Your doctor's last name is the same as yours, so we are denying your claim on the basis that he is your relative."
SoonerCoug: "But we aren't related. He's from Kansas, and I'm from Utah."
HMO: "We don't hear you."
Me: "Really. He's not my relative. See! I have my family tree back to the 13th century!"
HMO: "OK, well, we can't pay your claim anyway because it was a pre-existing condition."
...I could go on and on. They do this with the hope that people will eventually give up, and it's a load of crap. I don't call that regulation. I call it crap.
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Those are also important issues. I'm not passionate about those issues, but they are very important.
I'm interested in lowering health care costs. Health care costs have grown at triple inflation for the last 10-15 years. That's a big problem.