Re: TAX rate and universal health care
From: BettyTX (bhamilt@hughes.net)
Mon Mar 10 21:59:28 2008
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> .. This means there SHOULD BE NO FREE CARE... if you want effective
> therapy. Proportional copays are good! Most of what we give is advice.
> Patients will sometimes listen better if they are paying for it.
>
> Just a thought
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Hmmmmm, just another thought in the education vein -- maybe proportional
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copay for education will work, too? You think?
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Betty
>>>> "James Smeltzer" <James.Smeltzer@wellstar.org> 3/10/2008 1:14 PM >>>
> Just a thought:
>
> ASK your doc for a generic. Unless you have tried two or three generics
> that don't do the job, there are few areas of medicine where only ONE
> branded drug does the trick. BTW this is not all one sided: durgs that
> you pay through the nose for are TWICE as effective. A recent study
> showed double the pain relief (70%) by a placebo that people thought was
> expensive when compared to the same placebo that people thought was cheap
> (35%)...
>
> Hmmmmmm.....
>
>>>> "BettyTX" <bhamilt@hughes.net> 3/9/2008 9:35 PM >>>
> One thought is to check out Wal-Mart's generic drug program - 30 day
> supply
> costs ... $4. That's the price, not a copay.
> Art
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> Thanks. That's a thought. We'll look into it, but so far only one of mine
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> is
> a generic. All the others (3) are still in patent. By our paying for it at
> Wal-Mart, our insurance would not be a part of the transaction at all. I
> ask
> the representative. She liked the idea. Of course, that means the
> insurance
> company is out nothing even though we are still making our monthly premium
> payments.
>
> Betty
>
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