From: Gary Wiltshire 

On Tue, 16 May 2000 13:04:55 -0400, John Beamish  wrote:
.....
>In the US the inability to pay rations health care.  Why shouldn't
>some other form of health care rationing be acceptable to you?  (Oh,
>in case you missed it -- and I really rather suspect you didn't  --
>that was a rhetorical question.)
.....
Sure, and the inability to pay for caviar rations caviar.

I think that existing health insurance and government programs have gone a
long way toward elevating prices payed by the uninsured who don't qualify
for government programs.

Having said that, I will admit to being royally pissed that my copay (I'm
treated under NY rules because I work in NY, even though I live, and am
treated, in VT) for visiting my Primary Physician or specialists like
cardiologists is $15, but my copay for psychiatric treatment is $45 -- with
severe limits on the number of sessions which have to then be appealed on a
case-by-case basis.  Major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia,
etc., are CHEMICAL imbalances with known chemical treatments.  Gee, isn't
diabetes a "chemical" problem?

Hell, the REALLY perverse thing is that it would be cheaper (for me) to let
them lock me up for a month that to treat me as an out-patient.

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