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HiPointDem

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2. ain't gonna happen unless they're small, local, politically unconnected banks or credit unions

Reply to NC_Nurse (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 05:37 AM

Feb 2013

affiliated with public unions.

but i'm not so sanguine about performance ratings for doctors. considering how the proportion of doctors who are essentially employees of corporations is growing (v. independent practitioners running their own practices), i suspect that this will not turn out to be good for either patients or practioners.

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At Long Last, We Are Treating Doctors Like We Treat Teachers [View all] HiPointDem Feb 2013 OP

Fine with me. Now can we start paying bankers based on performance too? NC_Nurse Feb 2013 #1

ain't gonna happen unless they're small, local, politically unconnected banks or credit unions HiPointDem Feb 2013 #2

When you say this, what exactly do you mean? graham4anything Feb 2013 #5

This is good re public hospitals cali Feb 2013 #3

yes, if your aim is to destroy public hospitals. which is the aim. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #4

Welcome to the "ownership society". Only the "owners" have rights. bemildred Feb 2013 #6

it's their plantation, we just work on it. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #7

Like education, we could issue the poor safeinOhio Feb 2013 #8

Problem is, every doctor's client eventually ends up dead mainer Feb 2013 #9