Medicare denies more claims than all private insurance combined

[Kasz216]

ManusJustus said:

Kasz216 said:

Yeah there homepage is actually quite good on the issue.  They basically want a Public option that works just like private insurance that you would pay for yourself that competes "fairly" with private insurance.

Nothing wrong with that.  It would just be a government run company.  Which is something I actually think the government should do a lot more of. 

You now know more about AMA's stance than I do.  And I agree with you on government 'non-profit' insurance.

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My argument is that doctors use Medicare as a cash cow, billing for things they may or may not have done that may or may not be necessary to recoup losses they made from patients who they know will not pay for it.

Medicare is not synonymous with Public Healthcare, so just because Medicare doesnt pay doctors enough or isnt set up to cover its expenses doesnt mean that every public option will do the same.

Your point is that doctors use medicare as a cash cow... however aren't paying doctors enough....

and are caliming extesnive fraud... but only with medicare.

Even if true.  This would once again show the weakness with medicare and large isnurers in general... and espiecally large public options.

Fraud is more prevelant and more likely to happen.

No matter how you look at these numbers they indicate their is something wrong with Medicare.

If there is a public option it would have to be VERY different from conventional government medical plans to work.

Personally i liked the idea of a "Doctor Draft" but the AMA would hate that.