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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 01:49 AM Original message |
66% of Practicing Physicians in Massachusetts don't want Single Payer. |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. That age discrepency is suggestive to me of the way attitudes about medicine have degenerated |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 02:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Hey, that's my dad you're talking about! |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 02:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. You shouldn't jump to judgment based on the OP because the OP is wrong. |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 02:26 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. You are wrong. A public option is not single payer. Not by a long shot. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 02:58 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Nope. It is a public option that allows people and businesses to buy into a single payer system. |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 03:26 AM Response to Reply #10 |
25. The numbers simply coincide with my own observations |
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Thornleylv (273 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yes |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
3. Guess what? Tough titty for them. n/m |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 02:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Really, people should read the links before they jump to conclusions. The OP is wrong.q |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 02:24 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. A public option is NOT single payer by definition. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 02:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Medicare-like (which is a single payer system) |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
4. No shit. They want more money. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
5. The survey should be which do they prefer a MLR of 5% or 35%. |
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Thornleylv (273 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 02:14 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Sorry |
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Scruffy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 02:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I'm dumber than you-don't have a clue either. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 02:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Nor do I - to me it means the Minimum Lending Rate for banks.. |
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Thornleylv (273 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 02:41 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Maybe |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 03:43 AM Response to Reply #8 |
41. Medical loss ratio = MLR |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
7. WTF! The title of your OP is remarkabley dishonest. Actually 66% support the option of single payer |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 02:21 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. How is Private Insurance with a public option Single Payer? |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 02:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Both public and private plans with a public buy-in option |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 02:33 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. My OP was about SINGLE PAYER |
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Thornleylv (273 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 02:37 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. You are correct |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 02:49 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. So, Medicare is not single payer? (Of course it is.) |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 09:05 AM Response to Reply #16 |
37. You're still wrong. Voting for another option does not mean they reject single payer. |
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Thornleylv (273 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 02:33 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. single payer |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 02:50 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. That is socialized health care. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 06:02 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. That's not exactly how it works in Britain. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-25-10 02:56 AM Response to Reply #17 |
42. It's not the only option in England. |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 05:59 AM Response to Original message |
26. I'm not sure I understand why any doctor would prefer a system that reduces... |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 07:24 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Medicare is 'barely subsistence' levels? |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 08:15 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. many of the primary care physicians have stopped taking medicare |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 10:14 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Would Bill Gates take a job for $150k a year? |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
28. So what? |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
29. I think you're misinterpreting the poll |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 08:09 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. +1. The OP is BS. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 08:58 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Thnk you. //nt |
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bornskeptic (951 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 09:15 AM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Where has a system with a public option been proven superior? |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 10:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. You're right to a large degree |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
31. I would like to know where their random list of Doctors came from. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
34. Doctors get paid per procedure -the more things they say you have to get done the more profit |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
36. so our health care system should be all about what is best for the doctors? |
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