tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21421591.post2566290535554195081..comments2023-10-11T04:24:16.671-04:00Comments on Multiple Sclerosis Blog: msb-0173 Busy li'l critter, ain't I?Charles-A. Rovirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16533985064280992874noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21421591.post-23971113561445324272007-07-15T09:35:00.000-04:002007-07-15T09:35:00.000-04:00I don't know anybody who likes Micheal Moore. (He ...I don't know <B><I>anybody</I></B> who likes Micheal Moore. (He was probably born an unpopular opinionated muckraker.)<BR/><BR/>The drug companies are part of the problem (doctors are another, different part of problem, [the NIH paying for research but losing the patents rights is yet another,]) but the over-arching problem is that the system is <B><I>multi-payer</I></B>.<BR/><BR/>Its a distributed grab for the money <B>without</B> a nation-wide MSRP list (Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price.)<BR/><BR/>You can have multiple SKUs (stock keeping unit) for essentially the same thing and be being charged different amounts for it within the same region.<BR/><BR/>That instantly stops with a single payer system because the single payer just doesn't put up with it. There i no justification for it.<BR/><BR/>There are other games that the industries play to minimize their costs and to maximize their profit, (like keeping <B><I>their</I></B> inventories in the <B><I>hospitals</I></B> and charging them for it since the actual goods can be transfered out of the hospital without the hospital administrator's ever being aware,) and this all costs us billions <B><I>for nothing</I></B>.<BR/><BR/>There is no benefit to the patient <B><I>whatsoever</I></B> from these games being played.<BR/><BR/>Things are going on which two shoppers in two different locations using their cell phones can tell you are wrong. We're talking seriously wrong...Charles-A. Rovirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16533985064280992874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21421591.post-29948716297158697452007-07-14T19:29:00.000-04:002007-07-14T19:29:00.000-04:00IMHO, I'm definitely not a fan of Michael Moore bu...IMHO, I'm definitely not a fan of Michael Moore but, politics aside I do agree that health care in this country sucks. Something has gone horribly wrong when it's the drug companies running the show.Miss Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731458343222525114noreply@blogger.com