Re: (no subject)
From: rbraun@champion.iupui.edu
Tue Nov 4 19:03:03 1997
GOlly, I find myself actually agreeing with Bob Woolley on a managed
health care issue. We need less legislation on health care not more. We
have reached the state where whenever ones ox gets gored, one runs to the
legislature for relief. Then we get more laws and more paperwork and
everybody suffers.
Just think, we have already had one surgical procedure made illegal by
congress. The president didn't sign it so it isn't the law yet. Next year
they may make CABG an illegal procedure. What then all you big guys with
angina???
--
R. Daniel Braun, MD
On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Robert J. Woolley wrote:
> In message <199711042045.OAA07942@talk.obgyn.net> writes:
> > At Tue, 4 Nov 1997, DuBose, Terry wrote:
> > >
> > >An article on the frontpage of the New York Times today might be of
> > >interest to many on these lists. It discusses current events around
> > >regulation of health care. Seems the insurance industry lobbyists are
> > >organizing to oppose consumer driven regulations to set some minimum
> > >standards for health care.
> > >Peace, Terry J. DuBose, M.S.,
>
> As well they should oppose it. Legislatures trying to decide what health
> insurers should offer is going to be a disaster. I understand that Minnesota has
> more required-coverage mandates than any other state--something like 30 so far.
> These include things like a wig for chemotherapy patients, laser treatment for
> port-wine stains, etc. The latest big-ticket item was bone-marrow transplant for
> breast cancer, which is of unproven value, but a major expense.
>
> What incentive does a legislator have to say "no" to a vocal constiuent
> group--even a small one--that asks for just one more mandated-coverage clause?
> Citizens don't typically blame the legislator for rising premium rates--they
> blame the insurer. The legislator has everything to gain and nothing to lose, so
> the mandates keep piling up. Not in any logical order, but by how much noise a
> disease-specific advocacy group can yell about it. Would anything less happen at
> the federal level?
>
> It's one of the most irraitional ways I can think of to decide what a
> health-care insurance policy will cover.
>
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> Bob Woolley
> St. Paul, Minnesota
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> "There is such a thing as giving the devil his due,
> but one needn't tip him handsomely as well."
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> --Lee Allred
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