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 | | From: | Audrey Davis | | Subject: | Question | | Date: | Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:02:10 -0500 |
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 | Do you forsee any drastic changes in the healthcare field if Kerry is
elected?
--Audrey
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| | From: | Chris Gunn | | Subject: | Re: Question | | Date: | Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:15:26 -0500 |
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| On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:02:10 -0500, in biz.healthcare you wrote:
>Do you forsee any drastic changes in the healthcare field if Kerry is
>elected?
Howdy Audrey,
I don't feel there will be any significant changes. The pressures effecting
the healthcare field are primarily economy driven through the costs of
products, services, and insurance. The President has very little direct
effect on those other than changing the number of busted up soldiers to care
for.
Other industry areas are outsourcing costs to other countries, where labor
is much cheaper, but direct healthcare can't do that very well.
Chris
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| | From: | shweta | | Subject: | Re: Question | | Date: | Wed, 27 Oct 2004 00:07:25 -0500 |
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| I agree that that much of the pressures effecting the healthcare field
depend on costs of products, services, and insurance, but wouldn't
Kerry's proposal affect the number of people served?
Kerry has a lengthy proposal and his bottom line over 10 years is a
hefty amount (about $1.5 trillion), but it is projected that his plan
will cover 60% of the underinsured. Won't that cause a strain on
hospital capacities? More people will be using healthcare, causing
facilities to reach their limits much more quickly. I feel that this
might even prompt healthcare to step up in efficiency once they
realize the problem.
Shweta
Chris Gunn wrote in message
news:...
> On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:02:10 -0500, in biz.healthcare you wrote:
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> >Do you forsee any drastic changes in the healthcare field if Kerry is
> >elected?
>
> Howdy Audrey,
>
> I don't feel there will be any significant changes. The pressures effecting
> the healthcare field are primarily economy driven through the costs of
> products, services, and insurance. The President has very little direct
> effect on those other than changing the number of busted up soldiers to care
> for.
>
> Other industry areas are outsourcing costs to other countries, where labor
> is much cheaper, but direct healthcare can't do that very well.
>
> Chris
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