Comments on: NEJM goes Medicare-for-all http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/nejm-goes-medicare-for-all.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:50:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/nejm-goes-medicare-for-all.html/comment-page-1#comment-79480 Anonymous Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:01:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/nejm-goes-medicare-for-all.html#comment-79480 Well, if a man with a PhD in political science says it's time to go Medicare for all, who am I to argue with his experience dealing with patients, insurace and Medicare. Well, if a man with a PhD in political science says it’s time to go Medicare for all, who am I to argue with his experience dealing with patients, insurace and Medicare.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/nejm-goes-medicare-for-all.html/comment-page-1#comment-79473 Anonymous Thu, 23 Aug 2007 23:03:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/nejm-goes-medicare-for-all.html#comment-79473 That is why I stopped my sub to NEJM 25 years ago. They were calling for socialism then too. That is why I stopped my sub to NEJM 25 years ago. They were calling for socialism then too.

]]> By: KoKo http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/nejm-goes-medicare-for-all.html/comment-page-1#comment-79465 KoKo Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:12:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/nejm-goes-medicare-for-all.html#comment-79465 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts welcomes everyone with health issues.<br/>Health Insurance can not be denied to anyone, because of poor health... The Commonwealth of Massachusetts welcomes everyone with health issues.
Health Insurance can not be denied to anyone, because of poor health…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/nejm-goes-medicare-for-all.html/comment-page-1#comment-79461 Anonymous Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:36:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/nejm-goes-medicare-for-all.html#comment-79461 Something that appeals to me about this is that all those people buying coverage through this big Medicare-esq policy could get a group rate. <br/><br/>Try shopping for insurance if you're a 50 y/o individual with any kind of health issues! Something that appeals to me about this is that all those people buying coverage through this big Medicare-esq policy could get a group rate.

Try shopping for insurance if you’re a 50 y/o individual with any kind of health issues!

]]> By: KipEsquire http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/nejm-goes-medicare-for-all.html/comment-page-1#comment-79456 KipEsquire Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:36:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/nejm-goes-medicare-for-all.html#comment-79456 <i>"But rather than give her antibiotics, the doctor calls her insurer, whose physician-gatekeeper tells him that Mychelle is not covered at the hospital and must be taken to another facility. The doctor repeatedly says that Mychelle needs care, and he is repeatedly told that she must be transferred first."</i><br/><br/>Assuming it really happened that way, is there any rational basis to believe that similar, if not worse, nightmares would not occur under socialized medicine?<br/><br/>Who honestly expects that there would be fewer Mychelles under a regime of bureaucrat-gatekeepers than with physician-gatekeepers?<br/><br/>(I also love the phrase, "<i>propaganda, in the best sense of the word</i>." That sums up nicely the mindset of the healthcare socialists. As does calling Medicare -- which is going bankrupt -- "successful." Simply amazing.) “But rather than give her antibiotics, the doctor calls her insurer, whose physician-gatekeeper tells him that Mychelle is not covered at the hospital and must be taken to another facility. The doctor repeatedly says that Mychelle needs care, and he is repeatedly told that she must be transferred first.”

Assuming it really happened that way, is there any rational basis to believe that similar, if not worse, nightmares would not occur under socialized medicine?

Who honestly expects that there would be fewer Mychelles under a regime of bureaucrat-gatekeepers than with physician-gatekeepers?

(I also love the phrase, “propaganda, in the best sense of the word.” That sums up nicely the mindset of the healthcare socialists. As does calling Medicare — which is going bankrupt — “successful.” Simply amazing.)

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