-=> Quoting Mark Logsdon to David Hartung <=-
 DH>  JB> IOW, the federal government is dictating to the hospitals
 DH>  JB> -who- they, the hospitals, -can't- accept, hardly consistent
 DH>  JB> with free market ideals, the business being free to engage or
 DH>  JB> -not- to engage in business.
 DH>
 DH>  Not to mention, in the state of Mississippi, the state must approve th
 DH>  addition of new hospital beds, based on a state definition of "need".
 ML> A recent item in the news is that the federal government (i.e., the
 ML> taxpayers) is now paying medical schools to *NOT* train doctors.
 Combine this with the recent law prohibiting doctors who take medicare
 from taking private money if a patient is over 65, and the whole
 picture becomes just a little scary!
 ML> I'm still trying to figure out how reducing the supply of medical
 ML> care will lower its cost and make it more readily available.
 ML> Apparently I wasn't trained at the Clintonian school of economics.
 Yep, that's it.
 david.hartung@mcione.com
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