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	Name:	JustAGuy -
	Subject:	If you support the healthcare
	Date:	8/15/2009 5:21:46 PM

1. For those on the government socialist plan, they will cap amounts to be paid to doctors for procedures. Do you think this will drive more talented people in to the medical profession or less?

Actually, insurance companies already do the same thing. The insurance company says "We will pay X dollars for procedure A". Doctors can decide if they want to paticipate with those insurance companies - some do, some choose not to. I suspect the same will be true with the government plan.

Also, the government plan will only be a small fraction of the overall health care "market", so I don't think it will impact the decisions of young folks deciding if they want to be doctors or not.

2. Part of the bill will limit the price of prescription drugs. Do you think this will increase or decrease innovation and research by bio techs and drug companies?

Again, insurance companies already do the same thing. Here's what we'll pay - pharmacies/drug companies can decide if they want to participate or not.

Drug companies and biotechs will continue to be innovative and invest in research - because if they don't they will end up like the auto industry.

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If you support the healthcare - water_watcher - 8/15/2009 2:20:27 PM

If you support the healthcare - GoneFishin - 8/15/2009 4:33:35 PM

If you support the healthcare - Talullahhound - 8/15/2009 4:45:15 PM

There is a bill - water_watcher - 8/15/2009 5:37:02 PM

I have looked at it - Talullahhound - 8/15/2009 9:23:33 PM

There is a bill - JustAGuy - 8/15/2009 10:44:30 PM

If you support the healthcare - JustAGuy - 8/15/2009 5:21:46 PM

If you support the healthcare - water_watcher - 8/15/2009 5:50:51 PM

WW Are you serious - GoneFishin - 8/15/2009 7:54:08 PM

WW Are you serious - water_watcher - 8/15/2009 11:09:36 PM

If you support the healthcare - JustAGuy - 8/15/2009 10:15:00 PM

If you support the healthcare - water_watcher - 8/15/2009 11:16:28 PM

If you support the healthcare - JustAGuy - 8/15/2009 11:52:56 PM

If you support the healthcare - Yankee06 - 8/16/2009 1:15:35 AM

Good post - water_watcher - 8/16/2009 9:33:36 AM

WW - Talullahhound - 8/16/2009 9:40:11 AM

WW - water_watcher - 8/16/2009 10:22:04 AM

WW - Talullahhound - 8/16/2009 4:13:58 PM

sad, isn't it ... (nfm) - water_watcher - 8/16/2009 5:22:21 PM

WW .........socialist - Barneget - 8/16/2009 5:31:21 PM

My Only Point is This - Talullahhound - 8/16/2009 9:35:26 AM

It's not just a bill - Freshwater Bay Girl - 8/16/2009 10:28:20 AM

Amen ... thank you! (nfm) - water_watcher - 8/16/2009 10:30:43 AM

And I - Talullahhound - 8/16/2009 4:18:51 PM

My Only Point is This - water_watcher - 8/16/2009 10:29:07 AM

My Only Point is This - Freshwater Bay Girl - 8/16/2009 10:36:15 AM

Water Man - GoneFishin - 8/16/2009 1:28:13 PM

Water Man - architect - 8/16/2009 1:34:36 PM

Fishy - water_watcher - 8/16/2009 2:20:58 PM

My Only Point is This - Talullahhound - 8/16/2009 4:28:49 PM

Please read ... - water_watcher - 8/16/2009 5:33:50 PM

France - architect - 8/16/2009 7:10:11 PM

And BTW WW - architect - 8/16/2009 7:18:12 PM

I now give Obama credit - water_watcher - 8/16/2009 7:42:21 PM

just so you know - water_watcher - 8/16/2009 7:48:47 PM

France - water_watcher - 8/16/2009 7:24:40 PM

$50 and $100m ? - JustAGuy - 8/16/2009 7:27:08 PM

$50 and $100m ? - water_watcher - 8/16/2009 7:45:29 PM

$50 and $100m ? - architect - 8/16/2009 8:14:54 PM

and FYI - architect - 8/16/2009 8:25:54 PM

and FYI further - architect - 8/16/2009 8:32:39 PM

and FYI further - water_watcher - 8/16/2009 9:17:32 PM

and FYI - water_watcher - 8/16/2009 9:14:57 PM

$50 and $100m ? - water_watcher - 8/16/2009 9:13:40 PM

$50 and $100m ? - architect - 8/16/2009 9:41:27 PM

you are so - water_watcher - 8/16/2009 9:57:30 PM

So I'm I to assume - architect - 8/16/2009 10:19:57 PM

So I'm I to assume - water_watcher - 8/16/2009 10:27:02 PM

DEATH PANELS? - JustAGuy - 8/16/2009 11:11:36 PM

DEATH PANELS? - water_watcher - 8/16/2009 11:17:35 PM

DEATH PANELS? - JustAGuy - 8/17/2009 12:09:30 AM

Also - JustAGuy - 8/17/2009 12:14:16 AM

Also - architect - 8/17/2009 9:03:22 AM

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