Re: Connecticut considers 3% tax on physician revenue
From: Charlie Chambers (ricechaz@earthlink.net)
Wed Mar 14 22:07:54 2007
Hey, they managed to pull this off in Minnesota.
On Mar 14, 2007, at 8:58 PM, Joanne Bulley, MD wrote:
> The link a posted did not come through correctly - at least for me
> viewing the list messages at teh web site.
>
> I did a little looking and this is the link:
>
> http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-
> ctdoctax0307.artmar07,0,1237386.story
>
> The docs who took the time plead the Physician side quite well.
>
> I liked the one analgoy:
> "Taxing doctors for doing our work makes no more sense than taxing
> teachers to fund public education, taxing firemen for fighting
> fires or
> taxing policemen or lawyers or pharmacist or anyone else for what they
> do," Gourlie said. "Taxing doctors to fund health care for the
> underserved is not the solution, and it will result in less care for
> everybody."
>
> And so we watch things unroll (or unravel?). Most MDs have always
> thought o fbeing there in the office taking care of hte PATIENT
> first -
> so we have through the years shrugged our shoulders and put up with
> the
> various hassles.
>
> I have been in practice since 1985. It is getting harder to stay with
> it ... but I have not yet taken any time to consider what else I
> would
> do if I quit.
>
> Sigh.
>
> Joanne
>
> At Wed, 14 Mar 2007, rmodugno@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: GIN11153@aol.com
>> To: ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net
>> Sent: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 1:00 AM
>> Subject: Connecticut considers 3% tax on physician revenue
>>
>> Â Connecticut state lawmakers are considering a 3% tax on
>> physicians' revenues to help pay for a statewide $900 million
>> universal
>> healthcare plan, according to the Hartford Courant.
>>
>> More than a dozen healthcare providers traveled to the capitol to
>> oppose the proposal in March. Physicians told lawmakers that the tax
>> would likely drive physicians out of the Medicaid system and reduce
>> patient access to healthcare.Â
>>
>> Read the rest here:
>>
>> http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-
>> ctdoctax0307.artmar07,0,1237386.story?coll=hc-headlines-politics-
>> state
>>
>> Gail
>> **************
>>
>
> --
> Joanne Bulley, MD, FACOG
> Solo gyn
> Keene, NH USA
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