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Originally posted by sgtclub
Aren't you proving my point then?
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No. I'm trying to show you that government health care doesn't necessarily mean that private companies are kept out of the system.
I don't think that many Medicare beneficiaries are upset with Medicare, on the quality side or the administrative side. I know that the biggest issues on the provider side are the regulatory burdens (anti-kickback, documentation, some non-coverage issues, Stark, HIPAA, EMTALA) and the reimbursement levels, though it is NOT an inefficient system. Submit a clean claim to Medicare, and you're going to be paid. I can't think of another insurance company that does that. Fuck, most states had to pass laws to force insurance companies to pay claims within 45 days. They didn't do that because Medicare was behind.
