Brenda Ann wrote:
"John Byrns" wrote in message
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There you go, sounds like rationing to me. I get the impression that
people are expecting a heath care system free of rationing, that
everyone will be able to get all the health care they might want, and I
just don't see how that could be done. Some form of rationing appears
to be necessary for any system to work, including our current system,
it's simply an issue of how the rationing is going to be accomplished.


Again, all but the rich are already receiving, at best, rationed health
care, since that is all we can get out of the insurance companies who let a
pencil pusher second guess the doctor as to what sort of treatment you
"need".


Many years ago, when I 'had' health insurance, I made an appointment to
get a mole removed. Where I live there are many hospitals. At the
largest one, where I made the appointment, the earliest slot was three
months down the line. I missed that appointment and had to make another
one...another three months. I got the mole removed, made my copay
(along with my premium)...and the mole came back.

It's still there.....

jak