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Hospitals need to speak out

Posted By: Shelly Bates meta_seperate Date Posted: September 22nd, 2009 meta_seperate Category:

As usual, people are willing to believe whatever they hear on the evening news and since the media says healthcare in this country is bad, people believe them without any numbers or data supporting it. The truth is that by law every person in the country has access to necessary medical treatment and the US has the best healthcare in the world. What would be nice would be for the hospitals to stand up and show how government involvement that already exists is affecting services and costs. There is nothing in the healthcare reform that actually affects the cost of care. It’s about price fixing and service rationing, not reducing costs.


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Comment By: Kelly Davis meta_seperate Date & Time: September 22, 2009 at 4:25 pm

Great points…..show me one government run entity that is as efficient while providing a quality service compared to private sector counterparts. I don't know of one. It's certainly not the V.A. Hospital, the U.S. Postal Service, Bank Bailouts, Cash for Clunkers, Social Security……Agree with Shelly that the U.S. has the best healthcare system in the world!