-=> Quoting Kurt Ullman to Robert Keith <=-
 
 
 RK> No! My complaint is that "profit" many times is the driver instead
 RK> the needs of the patient.
 KU> It has always been thus..just like profit (defined as paying the
 KU> least you can for something)  has always been the driver of what the
 KU> patient  WANTS.
 
 BC> Who decides the needs of the patient?
 
 RK>I always thought, naively perhaps, the MD's took an oath to make that
 RK>decision.
 KU> HOw about the patient????
What about him/her? Doesn't the patient rely on the MD's advice?
 
 RK> Neither does turning health care over to the greed of insurance
 RK> companies "moralize" the service.
 
 BC> No one is being forced to engage the payor services of an "insuran
 BC> company".  Besides, one doesn't moralize a postulate.  One can sur
 BC> demoralize a situation, however.  This is akin to the fact that it
 BC> impossible for a government to raise everyone's life experiences t
 BC> that of the wealthy but it is quite possible for a government to l
 BC> virtually everyone's situation to that of poverty.
 
 RK>Sounds like you've been sniffing too much gas.
 KU> When in doubt..insult the person who is winning the argument.
W'll see who's winning or losing in the next five months.
... When a man is down everyone runs over him.
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