And I always thought it was the insurance companies....

Crazy Dave

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Thu Jun-11-09 06:50 AM
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And I always thought it was the insurance companies....

American Medical Association Trying To Torpedo Health Care Reform Again

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/11/american-medical-associat_n_214132.html

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Delphinus

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Thu Jun-11-09 07:02 AM
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1. PNHP is not as large,

but they have 15 or 16 thousand doctors in favor of a Single Payer Universal Health Care system.

Seems to me the AMA is like big Pharma (although I don't know if there is anything such as little Pharma - perhaps big is redundant).

I have to tell you - I'm tired of fighting the giants.

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Crazy Dave

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Thu Jun-11-09 07:07 AM
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2. It's crazy isn't it?

Edited on Thu Jun-11-09 07:08 AM by Crazy Dave

Even with insurance, a $7000 medical bill I had two years ago didn't get paid by the insurance company and the hospital threatened me with collections and legal action for a seven hour emergency room visit. They wanted the entire $7000 up front and no payment arrangements.

Six months and 200 phone calls and letters, later the insurance company paid $1900 of the $7000 and the hospital said they would "write the rest off".

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Psychic Consortium

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Thu Jun-11-09 07:15 AM
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3. Many people have become vastly wealthy in the health care industry

...hospital execs, insurance industry and docs....

They are nervous.

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KharmaTrain

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Thu Jun-11-09 07:20 AM
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4. Bingo...

Remember, many doctors now belong to HMOs and PPOs...they're, in essence, employees of the insurance companies. Many work off the referals and don't want to see the status quo upset.

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