The Argument for Separation

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Fast_Eddie

Oh come on Rob. We all know private industry is more efficent than the government.

Financially speaking, mebby so. But it's only because they can stretch a penny until it's copper wire, or cut corners until all you're doing is running in circles.

Personally, when it's me on the table I want no corners cut and no expense spared. You?

Dave

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Financially speaking, mebby so. But it's only because they can stretch a penny until it's copper wire, or cut corners until all you're doing is running in circles.

Personally, when it's me on the table I want no corners cut and no expense spared. You?

Dave

Yet we here spend double per capita than what the other industrialized contries do. And all in the wrong way. I was reading an article in WaPo this morning by a geriontologist. He noted that an eye, ear, nose and throat specialist gets more from Medicare for cleaning out ear wax than he gets for a twenty minute consultation with a senior patient. All this skewing of values is because the AMA "helps" Medicare set rates - right!

I am convinced that our society given the opportunity could screw up the Lord's Prayer.