Re: Oouuuch!


abdi wrote:
> Actually the mix of haves and have not makes the delivery of health care
> much more inefficient, essentially right now if you are in those fields, you
> are golden. This is unlike other countries where a doctor does not earn
> several times a teacher. The doctor is incentivized to deliver the most
> expensive care and prevent any competition. When I go to my semi annual
> teeth cleaning, by legislation I have to have it at a dr office, even though
> never has a dr cleaned my teeth.

yo Abdi, if you're getting preventive dental care and teeth-cleaning, i
hate to break it to you, but you ARE one of the "Haves!"

see http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/050829fa_fact for
some interesting info about the uninsured in America, the "Moral
Hazard" argument as it pertains to health care, and the problems faced
by people with bad teeth.

rose

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