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Your Healthcare Choices Ultimately ‘Controlled From the Government’: Rep. McDermott Explains Medicare Mistake Letting Doctors Control Treatment Decisions
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Comments (202)
mike1029
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:53pmI have no problem with government run health care as long as it’s the same policy that congress and the president already have. But if you tell me the government can’t afford to do that, then the government also cannot afford to do it for congress and the president.
Report Post »lynnissmart
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:51pmI will never accept this healthcare….if it’s so good for us, let the pigs in Washington mandate it for themselves…..low scum
Report Post »G.W. Dobbs
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 3:41pmDo not worry about Obama, the Elected Congressmen or the Muslims: They are ALL EXEMPT from Obama Care as are over two hundred Unions, Cities, States and favored others. The Communists
Report Post »found they could economically destroy America without harming “our people”.
Stoic one
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:50pmComing from the idiots that have paid eight hundred dollars for a hammer
Report Post »HerMajestysThunder
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 1:23pmHaha, EXACTLY!
Report Post »brntout
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:49pmHow is it “your choice” when ultimately the government chooses,again please?
Report Post »politics101
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:47pmHow about some “tort reform” so the physician doesn‘t have to order CT’s and MRI’s for everything no matter how remote the chance of finding something?
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:53pm@politics101. i am sorry to inform you taht at this time we are unable to process you request for tort reform,maybe after you and america are turned into a communist country then and only then will we consider such an easy thing as tort reform,,, have a great day any other questions,please fell free to contact us at …… we really don’t give a crap what americans think. or you can fax us at…… 000-000-0000 ain’t this going to be great.
Report Post »Raymond97
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:46pmThe test are required because the doctor does not want to be sued for making a mistake. If government has an input then if something goes wrong can you sue the government, NO. Just look to the UK for how government control is working. You want the best then you pay for it. What is going to happen with no limit on coverage. Insurance companies will go out of business and then we only have the government and just look to medicaid and how it works.
Report Post »LadyIzShy
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:45pmi do NOT want the government to have ANY say what so ever in my health care..
the reason Drs order so many test is so they dont get SUED!!! if we limited lawsiuts they would be able to practice medicine without covering thier rears…
Report Post »rpp
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:45pmInsanity.
Report Post »NOBELSPORT
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:45pmNothing esle has a cost increase like health care? BUY ANY GAS LATELY MR POLITICIAN MAN?
Report Post »bkeely
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:45pmTake back our country from bums like this guy.
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teachermitch32
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:44pmOMG…do ya think fear of lawsuit could have anything to do with your friends Dr. deciding to do 2 CT’s and 1 MRI? Where’s the reform on tort? Or what about across state lines competition? Might that be a good thing?
They are circling the wagons folks, with circular reasoning. Anything to support MORE control over your healthcare choices..
Report Post »ed0315
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:44pm“Mr. McDermott, I am sorry to inform you that you have stage 3 lung cancer. The next step is I will submit my findings to the government and they will then get back to you and inform you of your next step as far as treatment. You can expect to hear from them within a couple of months. Have a nice day.” I am sure this wouldn’t be the case for him now would it?
Report Post »lynnissmart
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:58pmBut he doesn’t have the peon health care……may they all rot.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:44pmgovernment bureaucrat,or a doctor????? are they this stupid,what the heck does a office monkey know about me and my health??? nothing but what a piece of paper tells him,the doctor at see’s me and can diagnosis my condition,not some idiot .why to go lefties now you and i will either have a doctor or a dumbass.
Report Post »Eblaze44
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:43pmWell, I wish the government would get on with it. but first, me thinks they all need to go to medical school, graduate and take the Hippocratic Oath, rather than swearing falsely, the Hypocritical Oath they run on.
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:47pm@eblaze44,no they want have to take a test,george soros will tell them what to do and how, this is b.s. communism.
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:42pmRep McDimwitt will have no problem accepting all procedures, medications, tests, evaluations, trips to Walter Reed, if his own hospital is inconvenient. All he needs to know is where to sign. Whatever it takes, right?
Report Post »IAMMADDOG
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:42pmSave this clip for when the liberals ask for proof that this is not a government take over of health care.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 1:47pmOr you can listen to what Obama says …. when he ISN’T LYING to cover his tracks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2e-86eOIT0
Report Post »MMR
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:42pmTake a field trip to a VA Hospital and tell me how gov controlled healthcare is so awesome.
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:53pmWo0t..dead on…please excuse the pun!!
Report Post »brntout
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:32pmI did for elbow surgery in feb this year to have a procedure called cubital tunnel release.It was performed at 8:00 am,iwas out the front door by 10:30,home by 12:30.Later that evening my friend who is a stna asked why i had no dressings to change and I told her they told me to leave it on till my follow up which was 14 days later.She then asked why there was a blood spot on the dressing about the size of a quarter and I told her I didn‘t know but wasn’t to concerned.Thought maybe that was normal.Five days later my heavy jacket that i wear for outside work shifted the dressing.When i got home that afternoon I asked my friend to ck it out since the site was exposed to see how it looked as far as healing.She returned with a hand held mirror as she said you might want to look at this.There was a two inch wound wide open reflected back at me.Well guess I’m heading back to Cleveland in the morning.It is a two hour drive by the way from where i live.Got there at 8:am went to ortho,they referred me to the e.r. where iI sat till 4:pm before I got to see a P.A. who took one one look at it and said “You were waiting for what”?She then said a few other choice things about her sections beauracrats and made the phone call to ortho.My surgeon then looked at it and said”Don’t know how that happened”.He proceded to pack it,guazed,secured it,gave me about Two weeks supply of packing and wound dressings and wanted to see me in two weeks.Wound was still open about a half inch and no longer had any dressings.The doctor who saw me new the situation and looked at it,said it was healing niceley and i complained that the numbness was still pretty prevalent and although there was no pain I still had terrible weakness in the forearm.He then like it hurt his feelings asked how can I help you.I just wanted more dressing and be on my way.He sent me out of his office with no cover on my wound.and a 6 week followup.Oh and ordered packing and dressing materials.Waited in the pharmacy for 2 hours got my stuff and went home.Well it is no better and feels like you do when you have a pebble in your shoe but the scar tissue drags across the nerve causing more numness than before.and i’m typing one handed now cause my fingers on that side just quit.So anyone who reads this wants to see what obama care is going to look like for you,well just hope your not self-employed and your hands are your life.
Report Post »brntout
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 3:05pmSorry it was January 13th to be exact.
Report Post »tierrah
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 11:44pm@brntout: Had the same procedure done about two years ago – not at a government hospital and had no problems whatsoever. I certainly empathize with what you are going through. Hope it heals well and you do get the feeling back in your fingers. It’s terrible trying to type or do anything that requires two hands – I know!!
Report Post »Charybdis
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:41pmAs a WA state citizen, I would like to apologize on behalf of my fellow voters for continually allowing this socialist imbecile to stay in office where he can help ruin our country.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:19pmThe scariest part to me is NOT that Rep McDermott actually thinks government should set and control healthcare costs. That’s bad enough. But this man has an audience and voters that have voted for him since 1989. Who are these people???
Report Post »stevebeamangroup
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:40pmThis is frightening for many reasons. The problem is not Doctors. It is a) the structure of Medicare, and b) the nature of malpractice law. For an elected official to show such blatant ignorance is just plain dangerous.
American’s must continue their diligence in working to educate both themselves and their elected representatives so that ignorance like that showed by Rep. McDermott is not spread further.
Steve Beaman, Chairman, The Steve Beaman Group
Report Post »Lesterp
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:56pmNot ignorant, just propaganda.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 1:57pmCorrect. Until it became fashionable (for lack of another word) to sue for malpractice, doctors’ costs and treatment plans were much lower. Because of the high cost of their insurance to protect against malpractice, costs have gone over the top. They have to get the money from somewhere to pay those premiums.
Report Post »cntrlfrk
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:38pmThe vice chairman of the Senate Republican Conference asserted that “health care decisions should be decided in your doctor’s office – not a Washington office.”
“Nothing should come between you and your doctor,” he continued. “Our job won’t be done until we repeal and replace this bad law.”
Report Post »Alvin691
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:37pmRep McDermott, when has government ever taken over a process or service and made it cost less?
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:54pmYou are going to ask a politician that???????
Report Post »Conservative New Yorker
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 1:02pmThe Post Office… well, no… OK, AMTRAK, right? Hmm… no… I know, I know- GM! AHA! Epic fail… Umm.. I’m going to have to get back to you on that- do you have forever?…
Report Post »1TrueOne55
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 1:07pmAll you need to do to prove that point is Medicare and Medicaid. Especially Medicaid because Medicaid is going to be the “New Single Payer” baseline. It is where Mr. O is parking all his friends in the Illegal Alien Community for “FREE” healthcare and when you make it “FREE” then it costs the other people in the system more.
It is how Congress allows the Pharmaceutical companies to recoup the costs of discounting drugs in the rest of the world…
Report Post »rmblount
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:37pmWell that’s good to know, cause the Govt runs soo many programs well.
Report Post »And if the Doctors set the Medicare payments, why are so many Doctors not willing to see Medicare patients anymore? Seems like a cash cow if thats true.
JohnAdams4Prez
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:37pmWhoops! Looks like someone accidently started telling the truth!
Report Post »Confusedvoter
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:10pmWhat this clown doesn’t admit is that Meidcare only pays a set amount (25%) based upon a complex (governement imposed) reimbursement system. If you go to a major medical center (that accepts medicare) and see their top specialist, you pay the exact same if you see a new specialist right out of residency who hasn’t established themself yet.
Report Post »Now, let’s look at a law practice that 1) doesn‘t have to see you if you don’t have a cent to your name or have a case. 2) charges 33% of any settlement before you see a dime 3) top dog gets $500 hr and bills for phone calls (doctors can’t) from minute 1. 4) doesn’t get sued by money grubbing MDs at the drop of a hat! Just to name a few differences
Uncle Crusty
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:36pmActually Medicare pays 80% of 80% of any fee schedule, that THEY came up with LOL!!!!
Medicare is breaking the bank, it needs reform, as in the dumpster! If we could do tort reform and get rid of the slimey lawyers paws off of it and buy insurance across state lines, it COULD be affordable. But nooooooooo, the gov;t knows better than us – F the govt and the progressives running it!
Report Post »Leadthemtothelight
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:36pmOutstanding! I can hardly wait for my government to decide how much I am worth and if I am worth treating.
Report Post »Thank you Uber Libs and worthless politicians in Washington for taking away the quality of my healthcare and making the big decisions for me and my doctor. After all I am really to stupid to make decisions on my own and apparently my Dr is as well.
Showtime
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 1:52pmSame here!
Report Post »ImahaIngttta
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:35pmAnd another drop of truth leaks from the faucet.
Report Post »Beckofile
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:40pmThings that are inflating at 18%….Try Big Education? Also this begs the question…How could a politician set prices any better then the doctors? I only see things inflating at a rapid pace when government is too abtrusive in the area. Except for gold and commodities, they are a hedge against out of control government.
Mike Westfall No Hiding
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:42pmDeath Panels…..
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:45pmAs a physician this guy is an arrogant lying politician. He is a LIAR !!!!!!!!!!!!! I am told what price I will take by private insurance and Medicare and Medicaid and the last 2 are barely enough to keep my doors open and pay my staff for all the BS paperwork they require. Medicare already dictates what they will and will not pay for. Many many times I cannot do what I would or order what I would that is preferred because Medicare wont cover it. This “politician” is flat out LYING, he is a LIAR. He does it to justify government takeover. McDERMOTT = LIAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »rpp
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:47pmHey, I have seen a 50 – 150% increase in the cost of fresh produce in the last couple of months. Gas prices are out of site. Health insurance premiums look like bargains.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:47pmI just hope my health holds up.
Reforms need to be made, but government does not need to control the healthcare of everybody in the country. That’s just too much control, too tempting an opportunity to do away with old folks, who know a thing or two, while they are brainwashing our children in schools.
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:49pmYet another reason to make our votes count in 2012. Big government has become too big for its britches. Time to take control of our own destiny by repealing Obamacare, which by the way has very little to do with “care”. It has more to do with our lives being controlled by Big Brother.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:55pmLike H … Change is coming 2012!
lovenfl3
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:55pmSo ar everything Obama said has turned out to be a lie. Where’s Joe Wilson when we really need him? Obama is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nTMaT_9QGo The great divider.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:56pmExcept for the Union and Government employees who get WAIVERS! Over 1,000 so far .. where’s my WAIVER??!!!!
Report Post »stifroc
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:56pmThis guy rulez!
Report Post »I mean, why would I want my Dr. making decisions? Doctors don‘t know what the hell they’re doing… but those guys in Washington… now THOSE guys, THEY know whats best for my medical care.
RepubliCorp
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:57pmThat is what healthcare needs, a Obama union thug running the show….
Report Post »JD Carp
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:58pmOutside of the “health care will be controlled” the rest is a pack of lies! Health care costs skyrocketed the moment Medicare was enacted. The costs of clerical, record keeping and liability has resulted in high costs. The absurd costs of health care are twofold. First but not foremost, the dynamic advances in technology. Second, and most important, government intervention, oversight and regulation. If you pull government out of the equation health care costs will plummet. As proven so many times before, “Government is not the solution to a problem, it IS the problem.”
Report Post »jblovesAmerica
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 12:59pmall of what he said may be true-
Report Post »part he left out-the Dr.s fear of the lawyers-who made her take all the tests.
no where should a clerk who works for the government decide what you do/not need.
Its you and the Dr./take the layers out-Drs can provide “health care at reasonable price”
A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 1:01pm“So, there ultimately has to be controls from the government side.”
Not true. That’s what the courts are for.
What he is advocating is unConstitutional. These Marxists need to be resisted at every opportunity.
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 1:06pmA truthful answer to the question of why are Medical Cost going up?
Report Post »……………………………………………………………..
BECAUSE GOVERNMENT GOT INVOLVED.
RJO
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 1:09pmYes…Rep. McDermott has some “splainin” to do. Wait….he still hasn’t read the entire 2-THOUSAND PLUS pages of the disaster that he voted for under the cover of a Midnight vote on Christmas Eve…..
That‘s why there’s……..confusion among the confused.
I could randomly pick 200 people out of the phone book who would have more of a clue on real life than these pea-brains who “run” Congress………
Stay focused…….close your eyes…….click your shoes together at the heels and keep repeating…..”There’s no time like 2012….There’s no time like 2012….There’s no time like 2012……”
And when you wake up…….the nightmare will be ending. Thanks for the example “Dorothy!”
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 1:09pmThis morning the Muslim Brotherhood warned the United States that if United States meddling in Egypt and Libya continued they intend to cut off America’s supply of 7-11 and Motel 6 managers.
If this action does not yield sufficient results, cab drivers will be next, followed by Dell, AT&T and AOL customer service reps .
Finally, if all else fails, they have threatened not to send us any more presidents either.
It’s gonna get ugly, people.
Report Post »ManThong
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 1:13pm“When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another..”
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 1:19pmIn the hospital the relatives gathered in the waiting room, where a family member lay gravely ill. Finally, the doctor came in looking tired and somber.
“I‘m afraid I’m the bearer of bad news, he said as he surveyed the worried faces. The only hope left for your loved one at this time is a brain transplant. It’s an experimental procedure, very risky, but it is the only hope. Insurance will cover the procedure, but you will have to pay for the BRAIN.”
The family members sat silent as they absorbed the news. After a time, someone asked, ‘How much will a brain cost?’
The doctor quickly responded, “$5,000 for a Democrat’s brain; $200 for a Republican’s brain.”
The moment turned awkward. Some of the Democrats actually had to ‘try’ not to smile, avoiding eye contact with the Republicans. A man unable to control his curiosity, finally blurted out the question everyone wanted to ask, “Why is the Democrats brain so much more than a Republicans brain?”
The doctor smiled at the childish innocence and explained to the entire group, “It’s just standard pricing procedure. We have to price the Republicans brains a lot lower because they’ve been used.”
Report Post »Drippy Fawcett
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 1:20pmI keep telling myself “Okay, that’s it. I’m done with TheBlaze.” Yet I always seem to come back. Here’s the thing: I’ve been a Beck fan for about seven years, well before he was ever on HLN or FOX. I love the radio show. TV show has gotten boring (especially the “studio audience” Fridays), but still watch occasionally. This website, however, is a shoddily designed and poorly run troll-fest. I’d call it a crappy knock-off of Drudge, but that would be an insult to all crappy knock-offs of Drudge. I’m tired of the moronic one-liners that the intellectual midgets of this forum are constantly puking. I’m tired of the “disappearing posts”. I’m tired of reading all the insincere pleasantries (get their email address, for crying out loud!) and about how “so-and-so’s church group“ is praying for ”such-and-such”. Why don’t you start by praying for your unsaved friends realatives? I’m tired of people shamelessly plugging their “art”, or whatever the heck it is they’re selling. Pay for your own advertising like the rest of us. I’m done with TheBlaze. AND THIS TIME I MEAN IT!!!
Report Post »Tnredneck
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 1:21pmIf they ran two cat scans and a MRI for back pain I say then there is Medicare fraud. But to put this guy in charge of “scat cans” well you get my drift. I have a lateral blow out at L4 and just found out I need 2000 bucks for a scan and the system is broken for sure. But I don’t want to have to wait 6 weeks for gov approval for a test especially in this kind of pain.
Report Post »RJO
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 1:33pm@
Drippy Fawcett
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 1:20pm
I keep telling myself “Okay, that’s it. I’m done with TheBlaze.” Yet I always seem to come back. Here’s the thing: I’ve been a Beck fan for about seven years, well before he was ever on HLN or FOX. I love the radio show. TV show has gotten boring (especially the “studio audience” Fridays), but still watch occasionally. This website, however, is a shoddily designed and poorly run troll-fest. I’d call it a crappy knock-off of Drudge, but that would be an insult to all crappy knock-offs of Drudge. I’m tired of the moronic one-liners that the intellectual midgets of this forum are constantly puking. I’m tired of the “disappearing posts”. I’m tired of reading all the insincere pleasantries (get their email address, for crying out loud!) and about how “so-and-so’s church group“ is praying for ”such-and-such”. Why don’t you start by praying for your unsaved friends realatives? I’m tired of people shamelessly plugging their “art”, or whatever the heck it is they’re selling. Pay for your own advertising like the rest of us. I’m done with TheBlaze. AND THIS TIME I MEAN IT!!!
**Wow….Drippy sounds….really, really…..cranky. Oooooops that may qualify as a “moronic one-liner”….sorry Drip Man.
Just a suggestion……to clear your aching head…..take a nap…a long nap….ignore The Blaze as you’ve promised to do and weld your channel surfing button to MSNBC when you wake.
You’ll be a much happier drippy camper. Couldn’t help slipping in a few “goodbye” moronic liners.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 1:35pm@Drippy Fawcett
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 1:20pm
I keep telling myself “Okay, that’s it. I’m done with TheBlaze.” Yet I always seem to come back.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Drippy, this is still a free country. Suit yourself. Coming to The Blaze is purely voluntary; we are not required to be here. If you don’t like it here, you are certainly free to leave. You didn’t need an invitation to be here. This is not a private club.
There are those of us who have bonded here because of our viewpoints. The fact is that some of us DO have each other’s email addresses, and we discuss things at much greater length later on, usually at night (in my case). I have talked with a number of the people here on the phone. It’s a pleasure to see “Good Morning, Show” in this day and time, when things look so gloomy because of the destruction originating from the White House.
I regret that you have not established a friendship with someone’s username. It is very enlightening, and I value those friendships.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 1:40pm@SHOW
7-11 .. Motel 6 …President … etc … ROFL!
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 1:56pmGood News
I have just replaced the washer in our Faucet
No more DRIPPY FAUCET
Report Post »Uncle Crusty
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:20pmThis man is a fool, just like all the other dimbocrats out there called progressives – to hell with them and their communistic government! Over my dead body!
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 2:42pmFrankly he should resign immediately. He is too radical to be an elected official. This country was created by a little tax on tea. These people have no clue where this will lead. The overwhelming majority in this country will not stand for a government bureaucrat telling them what treatment or medicine they can have. This idiot is stealing our freedoms. We need the Republican congress to pass a budget that not only cuts spending but completely de-funds Obamacare. If Senate doesn’t go along with it, then shut down the government for as long as it takes the Senate to come their senses. I don’t care if takes until Jan 20, 2013. Shut it down, they will do less damage that way. What the Democrats are saying is, we didn’t get the message in November, and if we don’t get our way we wont govern. Fine, the American people are smart enough to realize a shut down is 100% caused by liberal Democrats who are so childish, they throw temper tantrums when they can‘t spend other people’s money (mainly our children‘s and grand children’s money which is child abuse)
Report Post »Nervous Investor
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 3:26pmI will listen in more detail later …. my first reaction is that the Trial Lawyers are the ones manipulating courtroom dramas that force Doctors to be over cautious in doing every test known to the science to minimize the litigation risk when their clinical skills alone might have already told the story. Yet The DemoRats do not want to rope in their major supporters – the Trial Lawyers. So what does this jerk expect?
Report Post »G.W. Dobbs
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 3:33pmI remember when Newt Gingrich pushed for HMOs and PPOs saying this would hold Medical Care Costs down; it was another LIE to get contributions. The physicians got less, the government paid less initially so they could say, “SEE?”, but then the piper had to be paid. The CEOs of the HMOs were paid MILLIONS. The costs for the HMOs was astronomical; BUT the HMOs “contributed” to Newt and all the others who
Report Post »sold their Souls for the almighty dollar. Medical costs escalated and the money went through the back doors. Hey, wanta lift chair? “We will get you one for FREE or give it to you if you are on Medicaid”. Just
the TV commercials DAILY cost millions. “COME ON, MAN”. What a RACKET Medical Care has become.
mikem1969
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 3:40pmand so the death panels strike again. Looks like Palin was right again.
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 3:49pm@ THE PATRIOT………you betcha my friend I am on the medical board of our hospital and approx. 40% of our primary physicians are going to retire when Obamacare kicks in. What few people know is we have a crisis in this country for the number of physicians already without the added pressure of those already practicing retiring earlier. We are headed for a nightmare. What is the Obama admins. answer they are going to push hard for nurse practitioners delivering the care for the most part with one physician overseeing maybe 5 -10 nurse practitioners. Now I love my nurse practitioners but they cannot replace the patient physician relationship on that scale you will have decreased quality. There is no way around it. Thanks for your comment friend
Report Post »patriots7
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 4:25pmThis guy hasn’t a clue how medicine works. Doctors don’t set the fees for Medicare, the government does. Too few details were given about the patient he mentions. Do we want this government making the decisions about the medical care we receive?????
Report Post »avenger
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 5:21pmhahahahahahahahaha..super death panels..
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 5:54pm@ watchtheotherhand
Watch is exactly right. The Goverment already sets what they will pay to the Dr. and it is very little.I want the Government out of it altogether. They can’t even run the Gov. and do a good job. I certainly want someone better trained to handle my HEALTHCARE. I am not on medicare yet but I do know how little they pay the doctors and the restrictions they already have and it is ridiculous. GET THE GOVERNMENT OUT OF HEALTHCARE AND EVERYTHING ELSE. IT WILL BE CHEAPER.
Report Post »RJO
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 5:59pmThe esteemed (just kidding) Congressman doesn’t appear to be what we might call a “spring chicken.” So……when he is looking at a “decision” on his health care…..will he be in the same system that he’s talking about? Answer: NO. Ya see…..he’s on the separate “legislative” plan.
My suggestion….place him and all of the other Congressional Pimps who voted for ObamaCare on ObamaCare…and when the time comes to decide whether or not to care for Mr. McDimwitt at a critical point in his life……please let me know so I can have the pleasure of “pulling the plug.”
Report Post »Carefreeflyer
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 8:09pmWhat do you expect from a Communist.
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 31, 2011 at 9:13pm@ SISSY…….Thanks sister. Just so everyone knows how Medicare is doing business these days. That large figure of Medicare fraud Obama likes to throw around is a HUGE lie. What they include in that figure is when physicians who have done everything they billed for didn’t put one little sentence in their records or one little word and Medicare demands every penny back. They change their rules so often that even their own employees are clueless when we call them how we need to document something. Now they have what are called RACs (recovery audit contractors) that are independent hit-men basically that go out and audit charts endlessly finding whatever minutia they can find to demand repayment, not because the service was not rendered but because a sentence was left out here or there or a description failed to meet their ever changing “standard”. It is a crock and a way to get back millions that have been appropriately billed for. It is mafioso in nature and there is very little recourse for physicians or hospitals. The current average payback for hospitals is at 1.5 million. BTW the RACs get paid a percentage of what they recover, can you say conflict of interest !!!!!!!!!!!!!! They are scum in my book.
Report Post »jackrorabbit
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 12:30amI don’t know dumb dumb, are you a doctor? How does that doctor know if she has a herniated disk, a bone spur, or something worse yet? Simple, HE RUNS TESTS TO DETERMINE WHAT HER CONDITION IS!!!! For someone that is supposed to be so dang smart, you sure don’t have the mental capacity of a three year old! Now, perhaps if you fixed tort reform then the doctor wouldn’t be afraid of the lawsuit for missing something, and he would start out with the pills first and see if something needed to be done. Christ Almighty, where do we get these jokers?
Report Post »dr_funk
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 1:27amYou can always tell a liar, because they hesitate to spit the lie out, and then touch their face after spitting it.
Despicable.
Report Post »rodamaa
Posted on April 1, 2011 at 6:29amI will tell you what is wrong with McDermott point. I, about 10 years ago went to the doctor explaining that I felt something was wrong. I was tired and could not sleep, etc. The doctor ordered a number of test and what not. He found that I had a few gall bladder stones and sent me to a specialist. In fact, a surgeon who recommended immediate removable of my gall bladder. Nothing else serious was found and no effective treatment for my chronic fatigue. I fired both doctors and went on with my life. I still have my gall bladder and have more energy than ever. The point is, try doing that with the Government. If they mandate that you do something most likely you will do it or be subject to severe penalty.
I rather think for myself and have access to those procedures if I want to avail myself of them. Not be told I am too fat and what to eat and weather or not I am to old for the procedure so I should go to a hospice and quietly await my fate. I rather have choices, not have McDermott and the Left telling me how I should live and die.
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