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dkf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-20-09 11:07 AM
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8. Actually competition in Health insurance means inefficiencies in delivery anyway
The more companies a doctor has to consider with their different referral practices along with preferred drugs procedures and paperwork makes for bureacracy hell.
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  -The fallacy is thinking insurance can be fixed through competition when it needs to be regulated dkf  Dec-20-09 10:37 AM   #0 
  - Yes and Howard pointed that out quite effectively  AllentownJake   Dec-20-09 10:39 AM   #1 
  - Absolutely correct  Armstead   Dec-20-09 10:40 AM   #2 
  - It's like thinking that competition between gambling casinos will increase your winnings n/t  Xipe Totec   Dec-20-09 10:40 AM   #3 
  - Actually, it needs both.  Ozymanithrax   Dec-20-09 10:44 AM   #4 
  - They did increase regulation  gravity   Dec-20-09 10:48 AM   #5 
  - Oh is there a process for approval of premiums by a public commission?  dkf   Dec-20-09 10:53 AM   #6 
  - Because there are so many negatives that outweigh the positives in the big picture  Armstead   Dec-20-09 11:26 AM   #12 
  - 'competition' is a euphemism for deregulation,  WT Fuheck   Dec-20-09 11:02 AM   #7 
  - Actually competition in Health insurance means inefficiencies in delivery anyway  dkf   Dec-20-09 11:07 AM   #8 
  - Fuck regulation. It needs to be eliminated.  jgraz   Dec-20-09 11:21 AM   #9 
  - I used to worry about these peoples jobs but now I say screw it.  dkf   Dec-20-09 11:25 AM   #10 
     - I'm all in favor of a jobs program. We just need one that doesn't directly kill people.  jgraz   Dec-20-09 11:26 AM   #11 
  - As usual, I don't get it.  blueworld   Dec-20-09 12:12 PM   #13 
  - Regulatrion is not perfect -- But a hell of a lot better than we got and will get under this bill  Armstead   Dec-20-09 12:21 PM   #15 
  - The biggest fallacy is the notion that individuals should be purchasing health insurance  Martin Eden   Dec-20-09 12:16 PM   #14 
  - Damn you are right.  dkf   Dec-20-09 12:42 PM   #17 
     - This bill was crafted under the terms of a fallacy  Martin Eden   Dec-20-09 03:07 PM   #19 
        - It's trying to fix a lemon  Armstead   Dec-20-09 08:27 PM   #24 
  - There is no competion either. Most folks just have to take whatever work dishes out (nt)  TheKentuckian   Dec-20-09 12:23 PM   #16 
  - K&R  Odin2005   Dec-20-09 01:08 PM   #18 
  - Absolutely... nt  Blasphemer   Dec-20-09 03:13 PM   #20 
  - K&R.  Vidar   Dec-20-09 05:27 PM   #21 
  - Well, real competition might help, a little.  Orsino   Dec-20-09 05:34 PM   #22 
  - The idea in both bills is to do BOTH. There are many regs included  johnaries   Dec-20-09 05:45 PM   #23 
  - The fallacy is thinking insurance is competitive.  Kablooie   Dec-21-09 02:08 AM   #25 
 

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