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View Poll Results: Why does Dr. Waters favor socialized medicine? | |||
He wants a guaranteed place at the public trough | 0 | 0% | |
He's jealous of rich private practicing drs. | 2 | 15.38% | |
M.D. guilt | 2 | 15.38% | |
He's sincerely concerned about the uninsured poor | 9 | 69.23% | |
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08-31-2007, 08:57 PM | #11 |
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Drs. generally don't get to choose whether they will see midicare or medicaid insured patients.
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08-31-2007, 09:08 PM | #12 |
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08-31-2007, 09:11 PM | #13 |
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How common is that? I know carriers and/or facilities where docs have privileges often require them to take medicare and medicaid patients. The really toney ones that are "free agents" and see movie stars maybe not. But I understand that realistically most doctors do have to. Wrong?
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08-31-2007, 09:14 PM | #14 | |
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if you run your own practice, you can make choices. You actually have to APPLY to be a medicare provider. It's not automatic. and there is no law that says I must see any patient on a non-emergent basis. Most psychiatrists I know, that are starting out, don't take anytning but cash. |
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08-31-2007, 09:18 PM | #15 |
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I know something's wrong when I go see the doctor and they have a support staff of about 15 people for three doctors. They have as many people in accounts receivable as locations in my company that generate $50M in revenues a year. My company is laying people off, slicing more fat off each year, trying to compete in the global economy. This place had a bunch of women sitting around drinking Big Gulps, gabbing, or playing solitaire on their computer. Something's got to happen, but I don't see the government being the one to do it.
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08-31-2007, 09:42 PM | #18 |
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So waters is right, there's much that wouldn't change under "socialized medicine." Medaid and Medicare even use much the same billing coding systems as private insurers (this only adds efficiency, especially if the fed. gov. has gone to the trouble of developing the codes, etc.), and pay at similar rates. What we're really talking about is just the feds getting into our wallets for more money, partly to fund a new federal agency or huge expansion of the soc. sec. admin. Is that an argument for or against fed. intervention?
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A lot will change with National health insurance (socialized medicine is different as the government would own all the hospitals and clinics). First of all Dr.s will be paid a lot less...Don't believe me ask Canadian or English Drs. BTW do You really think the government is going to be more efficient than things are now? If anything we need less government and more market in the system.
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