Denton,
allow me to elaborate,
the savings to be gained by implementing those few reforms I stated have been estimated to not only cover the cost of including the uninsured into the ranks of the insured, but also continue to reduce healthcare costs over the long term by better efficiency.
There is no doubt that tort reform would help to reduce costs of medicine as most doctors will agree that many medical problems can be diagnosed clinically instead of going through the process of costly testing (MRI/CT/biopsies) for conditions that are well understood and can be treated accordingly, doctors tend to over-test and over-refer in order to save their asses in that one in a million case that may not be the norm.
the savings are passed along in the form decreased costs of operating an office. For example, an Ob/Gyn, no longer faced with 150thousand a year malpractice insurance, may no longer have to be forced to charge insurances 500 per visit, or those without insurance 500 per visit since the malpractice insurance has come down to a reasonable rate.
as far as waste and fraud, the day we give up on addressing this issue is the day we might as well give in to lawlessness. we manage to keep our society civil to a certain degree by a system of justice, obviously people will continue to feel that scaming the system is a viable alternative to work or honest practice, these people have to be delt with. Harsh penalties or exclusion from the governemnt system seems to work. we are talking billions after all.
As far as the mechanism of inclusion, the middle class folks who do not qualify for insurance coverage would now be open to any number of healthcare options, paying for healthcare would not be a horror with a reasonable premium schedule, like car insurance. States realizing decreased costs could be more generous in opening up their plans to higher earners. Remember, the poor are already covered as are the wealthy, we are talking about a group in the middle who earn money but not enough to pay for healthcare.
legion- I have an unusually exaggerated fear of any extremist. And maybe not my personal rights, but in an example- my ex was back in NYC after 9-11 and took a picture of the Brooklyn Bridge. He was arrested for taking a picture. And yes- I personally know several right wing extremists who bought the Bush line big time. As you also well know, the rights that were undermined have to do with privacy- the government can pretty much use any excuse to keep tabs on you, courtesy of Homeland Security. The papers are filed with people whose rights have been infringed and their lives disrupted because the right wing and neocons suffered mass mass hysteria. What’s the sense of calling thisthe Free World if we are doing what every other police state does- spy on ordinary citizens? (And you can ask gays, feminists and pro-choice people about the brownshirts.
Jeesh! Their cheapest single knife in that brand is $54.95!!! Am I a total tightwad or is that a standard price for a single good knife???
Denton,
allow me to elaborate,
the savings to be gained by implementing those few reforms I stated have been estimated to not only cover the cost of including the uninsured into the ranks of the insured, but also continue to reduce healthcare costs over the long term by better efficiency.
There is no doubt that tort reform would help to reduce costs of medicine as most doctors will agree that many medical problems can be diagnosed clinically instead of going through the process of costly testing (MRI/CT/biopsies) for conditions that are well understood and can be treated accordingly, doctors tend to over-test and over-refer in order to save their asses in that one in a million case that may not be the norm.
the savings are passed along in the form decreased costs of operating an office. For example, an Ob/Gyn, no longer faced with 150thousand a year malpractice insurance, may no longer have to be forced to charge insurances 500 per visit, or those without insurance 500 per visit since the malpractice insurance has come down to a reasonable rate.
as far as waste and fraud, the day we give up on addressing this issue is the day we might as well give in to lawlessness. we manage to keep our society civil to a certain degree by a system of justice, obviously people will continue to feel that scaming the system is a viable alternative to work or honest practice, these people have to be delt with. Harsh penalties or exclusion from the governemnt system seems to work. we are talking billions after all.
As far as the mechanism of inclusion, the middle class folks who do not qualify for insurance coverage would now be open to any number of healthcare options, paying for healthcare would not be a horror with a reasonable premium schedule, like car insurance. States realizing decreased costs could be more generous in opening up their plans to higher earners. Remember, the poor are already covered as are the wealthy, we are talking about a group in the middle who earn money but not enough to pay for healthcare.
YIKES!!! WilliamsSonoma has a Henckels set for $1,399.95. Individual Henckels knives it is!
I’m out- see you guys tomorrow.
DH, Floyd does indeed suck. Beware of the bouncer!
Nite Cobble!
Bitter, I asssume you are NOT referring to the Urban Dictionary def of “pork slap” – though I should not presume.
I hate buying individual knives (yes, I’m whining!). Fine. Maybe I’ll ride on down to C21 this weekend and see what they’ve got.
legion- I have an unusually exaggerated fear of any extremist. And maybe not my personal rights, but in an example- my ex was back in NYC after 9-11 and took a picture of the Brooklyn Bridge. He was arrested for taking a picture. And yes- I personally know several right wing extremists who bought the Bush line big time. As you also well know, the rights that were undermined have to do with privacy- the government can pretty much use any excuse to keep tabs on you, courtesy of Homeland Security. The papers are filed with people whose rights have been infringed and their lives disrupted because the right wing and neocons suffered mass mass hysteria. What’s the sense of calling thisthe Free World if we are doing what every other police state does- spy on ordinary citizens? (And you can ask gays, feminists and pro-choice people about the brownshirts.
War for oil? Who said that?