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In article <281v5v$42p@male.EBay.Sun.COM> robert1@sabu.EBay.Sun.COM (Bob S.- Contractor) writes:
>In article <1993Sep25.045129.2450@fylz.com> fyl@fylz.com (Phil Hughes) writes:


>This is the beauty of the single-payer system.  Unlike "managed
>competition" you get to pick your own doctor, your doctor only has to
>deal with one company to get paid.  It's simple, if offers the best
>choice in health care providers and it has the lowest overhead.
>
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>The standard rhetoric trys to convince us that with single-payer you
>don't get to pick your doctor.  This is just plain wrong.  Currently
>with HMOs and "prefered providers" you don't get to pick but with
>single-payer you do.
>-- 
>Phil Hughes - FYL - 8315 Lk City Wy NE - Suite 207 - Seattle, WA 98115 
>Phone: 206-526-2919      Fax: 526-0803
>E-mail: fyl@fylz.com or <most_anywhere>!fylz!fyl 
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>The largest HMO and probably the best has always let you pick your
>own doctor. Kaiser.
>
>Bob M.
> 



Are you serious?  This is akin to going to the voting booth, and the 
attendant telling you "this is a free country - vote for who you want, as
long as he/she's a communist".  (and of course the voting slip has all 
sorts of choices, all communist...


Get real, guy.  These doctors ALL WORK FOR THE SAME COMPANY!  



Phil Koenig
pjk@netcom.com