tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post2113294501981777366..comments2023-09-29T06:57:06.991-07:00Comments on Anglachel's Journal: 14%Anglachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110546252851760414noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-10471206562161221432009-05-19T16:05:28.739-07:002009-05-19T16:05:28.739-07:00From my experience, physician reimbursement by hea...From my experience, physician reimbursement by health insurance companies is very low and it's doubtful that it can go much lower.<br /><br />Most standard medications have fixed cost and generic lower them in time.<br /><br />Procedures such as an MRI and ct-scan maintain their cost for quite a long time.<br /><br />Hospital, complex procedure and specialized drugs may be rising in cost, but I doubt that they take up 14% of the total cost.<br /><br />It seems that the raise of 14% takes place because the health insurance companies can get away with it without angering us who are enslaved to them.<br /><br />More and more one realizes that the main reason for a middle and a lower than that classes is to enrich companies and their management even even more.<br /><br />As Dr. Himmelfarb from Harvard said the other day, that the CEO of Aethna makes $225,000 a day. We pay for it.Koshem Boshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01724595772791711326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-79555131532495607572009-05-19T12:26:00.000-07:002009-05-19T12:26:00.000-07:00One thing that jumped out at me in Reich's column ...One thing that jumped out at me in Reich's column is his claim that Obama's health care plan offered up a public insurance option - no, it did not. Edwards' plan and Clinton's plan did, but Obama's didn't. At least, not as far as I know. If I'm wrong about that, I'll stand corrected.lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03551722355620015846noreply@blogger.com