Oppie wrote:
"Jim Thompson"
/Snicker wrote in
message ...
Important Health Care Announcement...

Mayo Clinic (Glendale, AZ) announced today that they will no longer
accept future Medicare patients, etc...

http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/...care-payments/

...Jim Thompson

Was listening to the radio today. I think that it was the substitute
for Rush Limbaugh...
They mentioned the Amish communities that put aside a cash reserve for
health care. When someone needs medical care (at a hospital), they
negotiate a cash price rate. This rate is substantially lower than
the normal insurance rate.

What does this say about another layer of middlemen and bureaucrats
that would only further raise the costs of care when government gets
involved?

That it can negotiate for lower costs, making your characterization a lie.