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Majority of doctors support public option - kanesa - 09-14-2009
Contrary to swampy's doctor, a majority of doctors support reform and a public option.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/14/majority-of-doctors-back_n_286352.html
"A new study finds that a majority of physicians support the creation of a public health care option.
A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) study published in Monday's New England Journal of Medicine shows that 63 percent of physicians support a health reform proposal that includes both a public option and traditional private insurance. If the additional 10 percent of doctors who support an entirely public health system are included, then approximately three out of four physicians nationwide support inclusion of a public option. Only 27 percent support a private-only reform that would provide subsidies for low-income individuals to purchase private insurance."
Re: Majority of doctors support public option - lafinfil - 09-15-2009
I had heard this story earlier this afternoon on NPR http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112818960
I know a number of doctors that have said for years that the paperwork with the insurance companies
was one of the biggest costs of overhead in their practice.
Re: Majority of doctors support public option - Mac1337 - 09-15-2009
What is public option?
Re: Majority of doctors support public option - mattkime - 09-15-2009
>>What is public option?
Re: Majority of doctors support public option - kanesa - 09-15-2009
Dakota, I can't believe you don't know what public option is. What do you think health care reform is all about? How can you argue against health care reform when you don't have all the facts?
Re: Majority of doctors support public option - $tevie - 09-15-2009
Re: Majority of doctors support public option - Mac1337 - 09-15-2009
Does even congress know what public option is? Where is it defined in the bill and what are its boundaries? Everybody is repeating a mantra without having a clue what it is and what it means. Many actually think it means free healthcare. That is why they support it.
Re: Majority of doctors support public option - Black - 09-15-2009
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Re: Majority of doctors support public option - kanesa - 09-15-2009
Dakota wrote:
Does even congress know what public option is? Where is it defined in the bill and what are its boundaries? Everybody is repeating a mantra without having a clue what it is and what it means. Many actually think it means free healthcare. That is why they support it.
Oh, now I see, you were trying to be clever.
Re: Majority of doctors support public option - mattkime - 09-15-2009
>>Many actually think it means free healthcare.
and some think it zombie socialists from mars.
your point?