ULTRASOUND Messages for March, 2008: Re: TAX rate and universal health care

Re: TAX rate and universal health care
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Sun Mar 9 15:10:41 2008

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We're having difficulties getting reimbursed for indicated ultrasounds. I don't think we're the group to solve universal healthcare. What I do know is that every industrialized country is learning the same harsh reality - Healthcare is a money pit.
Art
At Sun, 9 Mar 2008, Claudia Benge wrote: >
>1. Our tax rate is already at 50% (take your time and add up all the
>taxes you pay)
>2. Universal health care to even come close to what is available now
>will add 20% to our taxes
>3. Universal health care will cost more that we can possibly pay OR
>people will be denied healthcare based on their age and other health risks
>4. Can you imagine if your child is injured in an accident and someone
>states their chance of recovery is less than 30% SO they are therefore
>denied care???
>5. Or if your spouse is diagnosed with cancer and someone decides there
>is no chance for survival.
>
>The only way good health care can survive is to allow competition and
>quality improvement. We as sonographers need to learn all we can and mentor
>good replacements. Quality improvement can track what really works for the
>least amount of expense and saves the patient money.
>
>Health care does not need to be part of the government, it just needs to be
>available so that the everyone can be covered on a "pool rated" basis. Can
>you imagine the same people who run the postal service and medicare now
>would be capable of running something which is our largest national
>product??? I cannot.
>
>--
>Claudia Benge
>

-- art fougner, md "May The Wings of Liberty Never Lose a Feather." - Jack Burton

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