Re: a dumb query? pls humor me
On 8 Mar, Ron Johnson wrote:
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> On 03/08/07 08:24, judd@wadsworth.org wrote:
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>> Again, my point was that medicare is more efficient.
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>> If private insurance reimburses at a higher rate, it costs the
>> consumer even more. If medicare raised their rates, perhaps more
>> doctors would accept it.
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> Geez, you blithely skip right over the "raise taxes to pay the
> doctors, thus costing consumers even more" part?
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Which is both obvious and doesn't really change the point of the
post, below:
>> It would still be more efficient than the
>> private plans, which was my point.
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Besides which, if more doctors accept medicare, the total cost
to consumers would be less, just the proportion paid in taxes vs
private premiums and out of pocket would change.
-Chris
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