Oh, and STTPinOhio @ 109: McCain would have to opt out of two government-provided plans: the Senate plan and Medicare.

If McCain really believed that everyone should buy their own insurance, he’d stop using the Senate health insurance he gets at my expense. He’d opt out and buy his own.

This point should be beaten like a drum every time he talks about his ridiculous health care proposals.

Written by The Associated Press
Saturday, 01 March 2008
WASHINGTON — In coming weeks, private audit companies will begin scouring mountains of medical records. Their mission: Determine if health care providers erred when billing Medicare and require them to return any overpayments to the federal government. The auditors will keep a tidy percentage for their services.

The contractors have shown they’re pretty good at their work. In just three years, they’ve returned more than $300 million to the federal government — and that’s just from three states. That experiment is winding down. But a larger, national program will soon take its place.

The rollout of “recovery audit contractors” will be gradual. They’ll monitor health care providers in 19 states beginning this spring. In October, an additional five states will join.

thank you egregious and Peterr !

through the employer there is more buying power and they can jockey for best price through volume

the individual will not be able to do this

they want every single thing privatized, they do not want private industry having to compete with a government program, that takes out the profit

they have a great marketing tool too, they can say;

“let me pick the provider so they can compete on price”

believe me, they are going to do that with everything, health care, roads, water, everything

the republican party has become the libertarian party, they are hard to tell apart

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