Comments on: Can this be the year Medicare changes its payment formula? http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/can-this-be-year-medicare-changes-its.html Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Thomas Williamshttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/can-this-be-year-medicare-changes-its.html#comment-78491 Thomas Williams Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:14:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/02/can-this-be-the-year-medicare-changes-its-payment-formula.html#comment-78491 My quote was a reference to so called, "Healthcare" providers who do make huge contributions to political candidates. Richard Scrushy, the CEO of HealthSouth, is a prime example. Mr. Scrushy sits in a jail cell as I right this, convicted of bribing Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. My quote was a reference to so called, “Healthcare” providers who do make huge contributions to political candidates. Richard Scrushy, the CEO of HealthSouth, is a prime example. Mr. Scrushy sits in a jail cell as I right this, convicted of bribing Alabama Governor Don Siegelman.

]]> By: DBRhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/can-this-be-year-medicare-changes-its.html#comment-72290 DBR Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:28:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/02/can-this-be-the-year-medicare-changes-its-payment-formula.html#comment-72290 ....."as much as possible to line the pockets of their rich donors."<br/><br/>What rich donors? Doctors? Anyone who knows anything about political contributions knows that doctors are among the LEAST willing to part with political contributions, no matter how much those contributions might benefit them...Less than 10% of physicians support the political action committees which were created to support them.<br/><br/>Now if you're looking for political contributions, look at your local trial lawyers....THEY contribute five to ten times as much as doctors, and they see political contributions as one of the costs of doing business.... …..”as much as possible to line the pockets of their rich donors.”

What rich donors? Doctors? Anyone who knows anything about political contributions knows that doctors are among the LEAST willing to part with political contributions, no matter how much those contributions might benefit them…Less than 10% of physicians support the political action committees which were created to support them.

Now if you’re looking for political contributions, look at your local trial lawyers….THEY contribute five to ten times as much as doctors, and they see political contributions as one of the costs of doing business….

]]> By: Thomas Williamshttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/can-this-be-year-medicare-changes-its.html#comment-72277 Thomas Williams Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:35:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/02/can-this-be-the-year-medicare-changes-its-payment-formula.html#comment-72277 Dear Doctor,<br/><br/>Rest assured that Congress will do as little as possible to address the root causes of rising medical costs and as much as possible to line the pockets of their rich donors.<br/><br/>http://thwphotos.blogspot.com/2007/02/letter-from-uninsured-person.html Dear Doctor,

Rest assured that Congress will do as little as possible to address the root causes of rising medical costs and as much as possible to line the pockets of their rich donors.

http://thwphotos.blogspot.com/2007/02/letter-from-uninsured-person.html

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