tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post4479344368069281778..comments2024-02-10T02:14:39.898-05:00Comments on Buckeye Surgeon: MedPAC!!!!Jeffrey Parks MD FACShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15650563299849196122noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-35665578371356963392009-06-04T15:02:33.323-04:002009-06-04T15:02:33.323-04:00...and the challenges ahead.
if i were to pick an......and the <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/25/7564/6432" rel="nofollow">challenges</a> ahead.<br /><br />if i were to pick an animal to depict our healthcare system, i would consider a <a href="http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/~dir21/gallery/hippopotamus_denver_zoo.png" rel="nofollow">hippo</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-5782916929432688402009-06-04T13:36:14.260-04:002009-06-04T13:36:14.260-04:00If any physician believes that he/she will benefit...If any physician believes that he/she will benefit from the "reforms" being touted, they are in my opinion, either sadly misinformed or extremely naive.<br /><br />The cost that Obama is talking about reducing is what gets paid to the people who do the work. The physicians cost of business will not be decreased-rather the gap between cost and revenue will continue to narrow to the point that physicians will seek employment, or seek other professions. Health care has been reduced to a common commodity-"days per thousand = barrels of oil". <br />I used to laugh at the signs that read " The End is Near"...Me thinks the End is Hereretired tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-15413347140630689172009-06-04T08:21:42.676-04:002009-06-04T08:21:42.676-04:00shadowfax-
"Rational guidance" for the ...shadowfax-<br /><br />"Rational guidance" for the system does not equate with rational guidance for the individual - ever.DrWeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-31503277163292251762009-06-04T01:51:13.224-04:002009-06-04T01:51:13.224-04:00I think you've got this wrong. They're no...I think you've got this wrong. They're not going to set provider reimbursement rates (that still falls under the RUC), but they will set rates for medical devices, decide which devices medicare will pay for, and may even someday provide rational guidance for rationing care like <a href="http://ohiosurgery.blogspot.com/2009/04/rationing.html" rel="nofollow">not paying for dialysis on demented 95 year olds.</a>shadowfaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11648279307230813762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-53385519140557166272009-06-03T22:37:25.788-04:002009-06-03T22:37:25.788-04:00I believe that banking institutions are more dange...I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs."<br /><br />-Thomas JeffersonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-40141320049330697862009-06-03T22:06:40.658-04:002009-06-03T22:06:40.658-04:00This way past ridiculous. WTF. This government kno...This way past ridiculous. WTF. This government knows no boundaries. The sad reality is that everything they touch turns to poop. I'm with Ron Paul and Jessie Ventura. Don't start the revolution without me. Companies should stop paying into FICA. Maybe some of these programs should be given to the states to control? Bankers get bonuses and the regular american gets the shaft.<br />http://ronpaul1.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com