Subj : Re: Um...no comment?
To   : Frank Reid
From : Finnigann
Date : Sat Sep 17 2005 12:47 pm

-=> Frank Reid wrote to Finnigann <=-

 FR>   Re: Re: Um...no comment?
 FR>   By: Frank Reid to Finnigann on Sat Sep 17 2005 07:55:08

 > That is exactly the purpose of the HMO, and they're very effective at it.  W
 > you're really wanting to say is "fixed pricing"... and that's not going to
 > happen in the U.S.  You can't "cap" what a neurosurgeon makes, any more than
 > you can "cap" what a basketball player makes.  At least not in the U.S... ma
 > somewhere else.

 FR> What you *could* cap are the punitive awards from frivilous lawsuits
 FR> that result in skyrocketing malpractice suits.  Willing to do that?

Sure, as soon as you figure out how to limit damages. Just put up a chart what
limbs are worth, eyesight etc. 

Hey it might turn out to be cheaper to kill the poor... 

.... Tax the rich, feed the poor, 'til there are no rich no more. 
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