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Bob,,, There is enough blame to go around for everybody. Government has done a pretty good job overall, but many of their mistakes are so ridiculous they stand out like a pair of sore thumbs. Some M.D.'s have milked the present system for all they can legally and then take some more. They then shout loudly about how mean the government has been to them. This same bunch is the group who crucified Mrs. Clinton and her plan which might have worked -- certainly would work better than the patched system we have now. The M.D.'s who complain most about the cost of malpractice insurance are usually the ones who have a bad history plus several suits in the works. They didn't do anything wrong - people should not expect them to keep up with all that new stuff that came out after they got out of med school. Now the other providers are getting in on the gravy train - like the CEO at HealthSouth. Here in Maryland there is a move to take the BlueCross from non-profit status to a for profit in order to increase efficiency and provide better care at less cost to the citizens of Maryland. Why is the Maryland BlueCross non-profit? The CEO takes a salary of over a million and a half now thanks to a big raise [24%] he was "given" this year. If the privatization goes through he will get a bonus of several million. That is the climate today. Everybody [a gross exaggeration] is trying to get what they want through insider trading (a president's son did it and got away with it). Here in Salisbury we used to make Wayne Pumps - the things you use to put gas in your car. Thanks to Dick and his boys at Halliburton, the plant here has closed and the machinery has been sold or junked. Now the pumps can be made in Mexico but they are not selling since the quality control has been so lax. Cheap pump + cheap price will sell until customers find out what they bought. Change for the better is needed. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert A. Fink, M. D." <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 9:06 PM Subject: Re: The Government should pay for it??? > Date sent: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 19:10:17 -0400 > Send reply to: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > <[log in to unmask]> > From: WILL JOHNSTON <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: The Government should pay for it??? > To: [log in to unmask] > > > If the government can buy it at a lower cost and what they buy is good > > for the public, let the government do it. I'm willing to pay my share > > of the taxes. > > > > I do not fear government taking over the cost of health care > (prescriptions) a much as I am concerned about what the drug > companies will do. When the hue and cry went up about the cost of > health care (in the 1980's), many were concerned about "socialized > medicine", this meaning the take-over by the Government. But, what > actually heppened was that the big insurance companies took over, > calling it "managed care"; and, IMO, we have a miserable situation at > present. > > At least, if Government does something negative, the electorate can > change the Government. But if the big insurance companies take > controll, what can the "ordinary folks" do? > > > Best, > > Bob > > ********************************************** > Robert A. Fink, M. D., F.A.C.S., P. C. > 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 > Berkeley, California 94704-2636 > Telephone: 510-849-2555 FAX: 510-849-2557 > WWW: http://www.rafink.com/ > > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > "Ex Tristitia Virtus" > > ********************************************* > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn