Re: NotEL - President's Wed night address on health care

From: J. Hellriegel (jhellrie@pce.net)
Fri Jun 26 15:52:40 2009


Reimbursement = to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred.

Reimbursement is the act of compensating someone for an expense. Often, a person is reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses when the person incurs those expenses through employment or in carrying out duties for another party.

Common examples are firms compensating individuals who buy supplies for their companies, or firms compensating employees on field or out-of-town assignments who pay for their stay and transportation.

At Fri, 26 Jun 2009, art fougner, md wrote: >
>In most situations, the term "reimbursement" is a misnomer.
>Reimbursement generally means recompense for a payment made.
>
>Just saying ...
>
>At Fri, 26 Jun 2009, Terry J DuBose wrote:
>>
>>That all depends on your definition, as Andrew pointed out. How much
>>would it be worth to not have to beg for reimbursement from insurance
>>companies, and if the legal liability issues were reduced to a bare
>>minimum?
>>
>>All of the health care organizational cards have been thrown into the
>>air and how they are arranged as the fall back to the ground is now
>>being designed. It would be much better if we all worked for a real
>>health care system, and quit running around crying that the "socialists
>>are coming, the socialist are coming."
>>
>>The last time that happened the insurance corporations gobbled it all up
>>while everyone was watching Harry and Louise advertisements and wringing
>>their hands... now we have corporate bean-counters telling patients
>>which preferred providers they can see and telling physicians which
>>exams and therapies they cannot order. In spite of the video clip Art
>>just posted... in my mind I just substitute "insurance corporation" for
>>"government."
>>
>>Peace, Terry
>>
>>At Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Meenan, Anna wrote:
>>>
>>>Who got very rich? I sure didn't.
>>>
>>>Anna Meenan, MD
>>
>>--
>>Peace, Terry J DuBose, MS, RDMS
>>Little Rock, Arkansas USA
>>
>--
>art fougner, md
>"May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton
>





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