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"Master Betty" wrote:



Look at the cost savings of streamlining the healthcare system to a one
payer system.

I'm not going to try to convince you because I doubt you have the knowledge
I have from working in the beast for over a decade.
Try me then. I have been working in the belly of the beast and/or
writing about it, for over 25 years. Much of it in County General
Hospitals. Did I mention I have a Masters in Health Administration? I
don't see the advantages in single payor. Enlighten me.


HC in the US involves so much bureaucracy. I've spent hours in Social
Security hearings with ALJs Doctors and Therapist. The time those hearings
take could be eliminated right there. You may get the opportunity to get a
Medicare claim denied and you'll see what I mean.
Ahh. Should I mention that your first bitch about bureaucracy that
could be streamlined involves a GOVERNMENT run program?



The 2 payer system creates another massive layer of paper work most people
are not really aware of. A HUGE portion of your hc dollar goes to needless
paperwork and feeding a world of paper pushers you are not probably totally
aware of.
But so does the government systems. Many docs I am familiar with
think the MCare Mcaid bureaucracy makes the private insurers look
positively benign. They take even more time than the privates to pay and
it ALWAYS less than what the evil insurance pay for the same procedure.
And you have a couple layers with the Fed system, too. One is the group
that hires the second group (the second group are the fiscal
intermediaries that do the actual heavy lifting of processes claims,
etc).

If we did go to a "national" hc system this ALL could be done with a push of
the button by THE DOCTOR. No billing office!
Good luck with that. You can't do anything remotely like that with
the current MCare systems. Why should single payor all of a sudden allow
us to reach billing Nirvana?


I've debated this before and found most ng bloggers lack much of an
understanding about the process. Sorry, but to me, you guys are like fish in
a barrel. Face it........there is a lot we need to learn.
BAck at ya.

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