why health care reform is a must


	why health care reform is a must

dl211

8-21-2009 4:31 PM

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dl211 says:

"I repeated that I had not received the services and what if the hospital doesn't send a revised bill - will they still pay it. The reply was "yes, if it's a covered charge."

"NO WONDER OUR PREMIUMS ARE SO HIGH!"
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So instead of scrapping our current system in exchange for a nationalized one - let's just fix what we got - a whole lot cheaper and it wouldn't piss so many folks off.

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8-21-2009 4:34 PM

dl211

A real good start would be to fire Carlos and any others like him who contribute or enable all the fraud in health care.

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