Re: a dumb query? pls humor me
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On 03/09/07 08:08, judd@wadsworth.org wrote:
> On 8 Mar, Ron Johnson wrote:
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>> On 03/08/07 08:24, judd@wadsworth.org wrote:
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>> ...
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>>> Again, my point was that medicare is more efficient.
>>>
>>> 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.
>> Geez, you blithely skip right over the "raise taxes to pay the
>> doctors, thus costing consumers even more" part?
>>
>
> Which is both obvious and doesn't really change the point of the
> post, below:
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>>> It would still be more efficient than the
>>> private plans, which was my point.
>>
>
> 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.
Why don't more doctors accept Medicare? Low reimbursements?
Burdensome regulations? Both?
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