We Pay Most for Medicine

And here is one reason why...

http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20060402-112827-1934r.htm

A quote:

It seems that Medicare and Medicaid consider it fraud if a physician charges any
patient less
than the government must pay for a medical service. If a doctor feels compassion
for some
poor soul and offers a discount, he must grant that "discount" for every billing
for every
patient in the government programs. If he forgives one indigent from paying at
all, the
government never has to pay for any such procedure. The only reason the study
shows so
much charitable activity is that the physicians counted extra time spent at
hospitals treating
indigents as charity, which it really is not since treatment is required by law.

John

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