Re: Global Warming - a Liberal Scam?, (was Huge study about safety can be misinterpreted by SUV drivers)

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
   "David J. Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>"Lloyd Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>>    "David J. Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> >> >
>> >> >I think a National Health Care system sounds very scary.  If we want
>an
>> >> >abundant supply of medical care in this country you can't take the
>supply
>> >> >and demand components out of the system.  The minute you do, there
>won't be
>> >> >enough care and it will be substandard.  There will be a constant
>struggle
>> >> >to keep the system from bankrupting the national treasury.  I think it
>will
>> >> >just become a giant sized version of an HMO run by the government with
>no
>> >> >competitors.
>> >>
>> >> Yeah, it'd be terrible if everybody were covered and we spent less on
>health
>> >> care, as Europe, Canada, and Japan do, wouldn't it?  Terrible for
>insurance
>> >> companies, drug companies, HMOs, etc, that is.
>> >>
>> >> But why not a single-payer, like Canada then?  You wouldn't have
>national
>> >> health care, just national health insurance.
>> >>
>> >
>> >That's the point.  A national HMO.
>>
>> No, a national insurance.  Like Medicare, which runs with less overhead
>than
>> any private insurance company, and which seniors love.
>>
>
>Doctors who accept Medicare patients lose money.  Many doctors won't accept
>Medicare patients for that reason.  Those that do accept them do it because
>they feel an obligation.  Medicare is also headed for bankruptcy unless
>drastic action is taken.  Reduced coverage, reduced reimbursement to
>doctors, increased Medicare tax withholding.
>
>
Lots of doctors won't accept certain HMOs either, because of low payments or 
endless delays.  Here in GA, a number recently have dropped Aetna, for 
example.