Comments on: Paying the piper http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/03/paying-piper.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:15:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/03/paying-piper.html/comment-page-1#comment-84602 Anonymous Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:38:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/03/paying-the-piper.html#comment-84602 Doing so without expanding physician access and infusing primary care with the appropriate resources is not, and doomed to failure. <br/><br/>Kevin"<br/><br/>In other words - pay us more. But where, pray tell, does all this additional money you want come from? Doing so without expanding physician access and infusing primary care with the appropriate resources is not, and doomed to failure.

Kevin”

In other words – pay us more. But where, pray tell, does all this additional money you want come from?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/03/paying-piper.html/comment-page-1#comment-84589 Anonymous Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:33:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/03/paying-the-piper.html#comment-84589 The liberal fools at Harvard have engineered all sorts of ways to avoid the pay cut that will be imposed on the private docs. The liberal fools at Harvard have engineered all sorts of ways to avoid the pay cut that will be imposed on the private docs.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/03/paying-piper.html/comment-page-1#comment-84588 Anonymous Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:38:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/03/paying-the-piper.html#comment-84588 Does anybody have any doubt where this is going?<br/><br/>I smell a 25% paycut to doctors in Massachusetts coming soon.<br/><br/>I hope those liberal fools at Harvard Medical School enjoy that! Does anybody have any doubt where this is going?

I smell a 25% paycut to doctors in Massachusetts coming soon.

I hope those liberal fools at Harvard Medical School enjoy that!

]]> By: Kevin http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/03/paying-piper.html/comment-page-1#comment-84550 Kevin Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:36:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/03/paying-the-piper.html#comment-84550 I commented on this earlier:<br/>http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/01/paying-to-remain-uninsured.html<br/><br/>The concept of individual mandates is fine by me, and infinitely better than single-payer options.<br/><br/>Doing so without expanding physician access and infusing primary care with the appropriate resources is not, and doomed to failure. <br/><br/>Kevin I commented on this earlier:
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/01/paying-to-remain-uninsured.html

The concept of individual mandates is fine by me, and infinitely better than single-payer options.

Doing so without expanding physician access and infusing primary care with the appropriate resources is not, and doomed to failure.

Kevin

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/03/paying-piper.html/comment-page-1#comment-84545 Anonymous Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/03/paying-the-piper.html#comment-84545 Kevin,<br/><br/>You touted Mass. as a model of reform. Why are you saying "I told you so?" Kevin,

You touted Mass. as a model of reform. Why are you saying “I told you so?”

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/03/paying-piper.html/comment-page-1#comment-84544 Anonymous Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:54:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/03/paying-the-piper.html#comment-84544 "Expanding coverage is easy compared to controlling healthcare costs," said Nancy Turnbull, a Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector board member and associate dean at the Harvard School of Public Health. "Nobody has to give much up to expand coverage, but in controlling cost there will always be losers."<br/><br/>I nonminate this one for Keen Grasp of the Obvious (too late) Award of THe Day.<br/><br/>This from the Mecca of medicine. “Expanding coverage is easy compared to controlling healthcare costs,” said Nancy Turnbull, a Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector board member and associate dean at the Harvard School of Public Health. “Nobody has to give much up to expand coverage, but in controlling cost there will always be losers.”

I nonminate this one for Keen Grasp of the Obvious (too late) Award of THe Day.

This from the Mecca of medicine.

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