Sad but true Wrote:
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> "...why is tax money being used to pay for
> healthcare of the poor"
>
> There is no way that poor people will be denied
> health care in this country - ever. They'll either
> get in the doctor's office or at the emergency
> room. Which do you think costs more?
>
> Look at the recent example of vagirl (or whatever
> her name was). She wound up making at least three
> visits to the emergency room (with a CAT scan) for
> a throat infection - something that could have
> easily been taken care of in a doctor's office.
> $5,000 versus $500. That is your tax money at work
> (cause she ain't gonna pay for it). Give people
> like that access to basic medical care - and make
> them use it.
>
> You're paying for it one way or the other.
+1
I heard a doctor on a radio show this afternoon complaining that a physical examination is becoming a lost art. She says doctors in other countries are trained to spot things during a physical examination that U.S. doctors aren't. As a result, U.S. doctors order a lot more costly and unnecessary exams, like CTs, for patients who don't need them. This doctor also noted that there is a financial incentive to order all of these tests (talk about the free market) because doctors and hospitals make more in reimbursement from the insurance companies. Also, if you have money and are paying for the care yourself, expect to see all kinds of unnecessary exams ordered.
It's a big friggin' scam.
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