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QuoteVA and medicare always have a higher level of Pt satisfaction than private healthcare.
People who don't pay for things often don't complain. And I wonder how many of those people have had any other HC?
Have YOU had Govt HC? Have YOU had private HC?
QuoteConservatives always rant about how the government wants to spend too much money, except when it comes to health, then all of sudden they say the government wont spend any.
That makes zero sense.
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QuoteI have had US Govt run HC.... Have you?
The FACT is people are more satisfied with goverment provided healthcare than private.
Then why are 68% of americans happy with their current priviate HC?
Got yourself a fact huh.............
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***Where did you get that FACT?
Try the link from me a few post up.
VA and medicare always have a higher level of Pt satisfaction than private healthcare.
Conservatives always rant about how the government wants to spend too much money, except when it comes to health, then all of sudden they say the government wont spend any.
Medicare is not government provided healthcare. It's an attempt to pay for healthcare (that fails).
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I think we are all in agreement. Hospital and other health care costs are over priced (in-part) to adjust for loses on non-reimbursements from Medicare/Medicaid etc... If Medicare and Medicaid did not exist the private insurance policies would likely be much more affordable.
Well we are not all in agreement on that being a good solution. I agree with you that the un reimbursed and under reimbursed costs of hospitals are spread to those of us with insurance via overhead. They obviously have to be paid somehow.
But raising my taxes to permit the government to pay for hospital services not funded directly today seems much like a zero sum game. Under your theory, my insurance costs may drop, but my taxes must surely go up. Nothing about this changes the basic COST of running the hospital, it only changes who the bills go to.
Everyone keeps focusing on HOW medical services are paid for, private insurance or government. On a national level that is meaningless in the long term, as the solution must be not a change in how services are billed, but instead a reduction in the basic medical costs themselves, or a reduction in the total services received, i.e. restrictions and delays. When this bill passes, and they take a half trillion dollars out of Medicare funding, you will see more and more hospitals, then more and more doctors, follow Mayo's example of rejecting medicare.
Just to be clear... I am against gov't run health care. The fact that the Mayo Clinic is beginning to drop Medicare is actually good IMO, in hopes that people will start to realize that there is no way a gov't run health care program will save us $$$$$$$$$.
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VA and medicare always have a higher level of Pt satisfaction than private healthcare.
Higher level of patient satisfaction with VA provided health care???
You have got to be kidding.
I have seen VA health care first hand and have also talked to patients about their VA health care and they are FAR from highly satisfied. Also, see post# 16 above.
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Try the link from me a few post up.
VA and medicare always have a higher level of Pt satisfaction than private healthcare.
Conservatives always rant about how the government wants to spend too much money, except when it comes to health, then all of sudden they say the government wont spend any.
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