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[Bill Jones <billj AT harborside.com>]

Just to use myself as a small example of how the needs of all the 
parties involved will always intersect in the highest possible cost, I 
was scheduled for nasal polyp surgery last winter.  I had started going 
to the doctor in October.  She gave me some free samples of antibiotics, 
the most expensive known to man, and wanted me to stay on them for the 
duration, until the surgery was over.  Or at least those were the needs 
of her malpractice insurer, because sure enough, people with my 
condition are statistically prone to nasal infections.  My needs were to 
have the surgery delayed until January, when there would be someone here 
to take care of me.  So to meet all our "needs" I would have to be on 
the world's most expensive antibiotic for 3 months.  I told her I wasn't 
going to take those things for 3 months, and I eventually cancelled on 
the surgery (she was half a day late for my appointments on at least two 
occasions), and I don't feel any worse off a year later au naturel.

Bill

WF Smith wrote:

> I am going to excuse myself from this discussion and do a little reading. On
> the face of it socialized medicine does not look viable at this time without
> a LOT of controls. Personally, I am in agreement with you in that "promoting
> the general welfare" has nothing to do with paying doctor's bills.
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