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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:22 PM Original message |
With a Universal Health care system, would wait times go up because more people are seeing a Dr? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. People will go when they are sick. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. I agree we need more doctors, esp. primary care doctors, but |
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demodonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. I have a pretty long wait time now, as in FOREVER. I have NO health coverage. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Good point. |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Ya see, us dumm canuks have NO $$ concerns walking in - our taxes have already paid |
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cloudbase (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. A good question. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. Well Ed Schultz asked Canadians to call in and he asked them the same thing. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. NPR did a story a while back..... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Wouldn't it be up to the doctor to discourage this behavior? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. How do you discourage someone from making an appointment? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Easy, you have a gate keeper like myself who makes the appointments. We |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. The point is that those people use a disproporionate amount of services. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
11. Undoubtedly |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. That does not happen in The UK |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Clearly, in the UK |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. There are still plenty of no-shows in the UK system. |
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TheBigotBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Quite often they get charged, |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
12. I expect so, initially, but as sick people could actually get care |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. Of course. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
15. there are wait times as it is -- |
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bluethruandthru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
18. My doctor told me that he won't participate |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
19. I think they overbook for the same reason airlines do. Some people don't show up. |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-11-09 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
20. Wait for what? |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
24. I imagine it doesn't help that medical admin workers are constantly on the phone with insurance cos |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-12-09 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
25. They overbook because our system requires them to see as many as possible |
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