Reply #122: This makes damn good sense.

[colorado_ufo]

I never could understand the people who brag about never seeing a doctor because they are in such terrific good health. How in the world do they know? Many conditions, like high blood pressure, are silent killers that don't announce their presence until the person suffers kidney or lung failure, a stroke, or some other medical catastrophe. A problem that could have been handled by maintenance will now cost an astronomical sum to save the patient, much less restore him or her (if possible) to any level of functioning close to what he or she previously had.

This would be a tremendous cost saving measure which I would support 100%, as long as one could continue to choose any licensed physician.