Subj : Re: Um...no comment?
To   : Mrproper
From : Finnigann
Date : Sat Sep 17 2005 07:01 pm

-=> Mrproper wrote to Frank Reid <=-

 Mr>   Re: Re: Um...no comment?
 Mr>   By: Frank Reid to Finnigann on Sat Sep 17 2005 09:57:00

 >   Re: Re: Um...no comment?
 >   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.
 >  > you're really wanting to say is "fixed pricing"... and that's not going t
 >  > happen in the U.S.  You can't "cap" what a neurosurgeon makes, any more t
 >  > you can "cap" what a basketball player makes.  At least not in the U.S...
 >  > somewhere else.
 >
 > What you *could* cap are the punitive awards from frivilous lawsuits that
 > result in skyrocketing malpractice suits.  Willing to do that?
 >

 Mr> Very willing... Then healthcare across the board would go down.


It might last a little while if the middlemen weren't taking their cuts aka
Insurance companies.

.... For the sake of God's great Earth, stop reading this post already!
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