Kevin thank you for bringing clarity to the issue. The sooner Doctors realize that they are competing for patient dollars with insurance companies the sooner they will understand that one or the other will have to be eliminated. As the insurers are powerful, the doctors have to also find their voice.
It is my opinion that that voice is not found in a system that seeks to reduce the PROVIDER OF CARE to the lowest rung on the food chain, while unknowingly elevating the Insurers by defending their brand of "free market capitalism."
My wife hates the word "socialism" but does not think there should be FOR PROFIT insurance companies.
My PROPOSAL is that DOCTORS AGREE TO SINGLE PAYER, in exchange for unionization and collective bargaining.
One last thing to remember: Doctors have NEVER had a better friend in the White House than Barack Obama. His best friends, from Chicago are physicians. Doctors need to understand and do what is in their best interest, instead of clinging to "-isms."
You can bet Insurance Companies are going to fight like hell...Obama said yesterday he is ready!
Doctors need to get on board. One cannot be diametrically opposed to their own survival.
