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05-17-2009, 04:58 AM | #1 |
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Want Health Care?..... "Papers Pleeze!"
“Papers Pleeze!”
Just over two years ago a shot was fired across the bow of my office desk. That was when I first got a glimpse of something rotten coming our way in the medical field. That morning a colleague of mine walked in my office and tossed a letter from some sector of our government asking him to “register”. I asked him register for what? This was my first glimpse of the federal government's attempt to control access to doctors. For some that would be a celebration and in most part, I concur. However, let's remember that there is a balance and seeking that balance is also what makes my colleague and I a big fan of integrative health care. And as practitioners of integrative health, that might have been why the letter came to our office. But we were not the only ones getting them. They were ominously showing up in other doctor's offices too. We are also big fans of everyone's right to choose not only who they see, but the modality of their health care. Yet it seemed someone else had other plans, and it was really happening even though it read like a sci-fi novel. The letter was a prelude to plans by the federal government to place a device in the doctor's office and that required patients as they arrived to present their “card”. Yes, “may I have your papers pleeze?!” After doing so, it would be swiped and the information would be analyzed to see if that person was “eligible” to be treated. In other words one must be approved before seeing the doctor, and if not approved then the patient might find that insurance company could refuse to pay, and the doctor could be facing ..... yes loosing their license. Instead of punishing the doctors, the brain trust has come up with a better plan. They decided to have the central bank (The FED) print some money out of thin air and use it as bate. The money is the bate, the doctors are the fish, and the poor sick people wll still end up having to present their card. But...who is holding the fishing pole? Hmm? Only now the doctors are going to be PAID to do it. It's like waving a new bone in front of a hungry dog! Source: Press release from EHR Stimulus Alliance; “CHICAGO – May. 14, 2009 – Allscripts today announced the formation Signed into law on February 17, 2009, the ARRA provides physicians a maximum of between $44,000 and $64,000 in incentives for adopting and demonstrating "meaningful use" of an Electronic Health Records beginning in fiscal 2011”. Learn what you can do, go to one of the Health Freedom Expos near you. Press Release cited from: Last edited by Waterman; 05-17-2009 at 05:01 AM. |
05-17-2009, 05:53 AM | #2 |
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Re: Want Health Care?..... "Papers Pleeze!"
I don't care for doctors. Haven't found one that won't belittle me and make me feel like **** every time I go to see him.
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05-17-2009, 12:42 PM | #3 |
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Re: Want Health Care?..... "Papers Pleeze!"
When this proposal was introduced into the presidential campaign it had me worried. Having worked for insurance companies I saw the potential for abuse. It's nice to know that health professionals are as worried as I am about this system.
I can see it now, insurance companies having unlimited access to medical records and tests before issuing life insurance policies, etc. They are scurrying to find new ways to keep the populace on the grid. |
05-17-2009, 04:41 PM | #4 |
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Re: Want Health Care?..... "Papers Pleeze!"
Thank you for this post Waterman. This is dreadful and I hop it gets stopped.
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05-17-2009, 05:35 PM | #5 | |
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Re: Want Health Care?..... "Papers Pleeze!"
This ties in 'nicely' with the mobile phone privacy travesty now being advocated
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukp...mGv2ZFU0amPycQ Quote:
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