On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:43:16 GMT, carolea7@comcast.net (Carole Allen)
wrote:
>On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:49:17 GMT, john_kulp@hotmail.com (John Kulp)
>wrote:
>>At the cost of people's lives? Allowing bureaucrats to arbitrarily
>>decide someone doesn't get care because it's "unfair" to others?
>
>Have you ever dealt with the bean-counters at privately run health
>insurance organizations (ya know, Aetn, Cigna, Blue Cross, etc.) as
>well as many HMOs when you need a procedure or medicine pre-approved?
>or dealt with their denial of coveage? Bureaucrats aren't just found
>in government.
Yes, I have dealt with them for years and have never had a problem.
Others may have, but I and my family have never had one. And, in any
case, I have not said that the US system doesn't have problems, but
quite the opposite. That, however, does not have anything to do with
others also not having problems and, while rather not having to choose
at all, will take dealing with issues like this with a private company
than a government. And bean counters don't make these decisions
anyway. It's medical staff at those companies. |