Quote:Section 1, Who are you negotiating on behalf of and by what authority?

Basically advocating using the same principal as all of the other industrialized democracies that are doing a better job with health care. I am not as concerned with whether we go with a NHI or Bismarck model. I doubt a Beveridge model would get as much traction here, as it involves too much government control. I would imagine Bismarck is the most likely model that would work. But in all of them, whether the insurance companies, doctors or hos[itals are private or public, non-profit or for-profit, the government sets the rates. 


 

Section 2, malpractice contributes to the RVU for reimbursement, thats a cost not reported by examining premiums.

Malpractice is definitely an issue. I wish I could remember the specific example in one of the books I had read on the subject, but at least one of the countries has a pretty nice system that insures medical practitioners against exposure if they were following generally accepted practices and not being grossly negligent. A good example might be a guideline involving shoulder dystocia mitigating the over-performance of C-sections. 



Section 3, scarcity is the basic premise of economics. Price controls increase it. Always.

Every other industrialized democracy disagrees. You made a totally unsubstantiated claim regarding us subsidizing the plans of every other country. On it's face it seems ludicrous, as I stated above. As I also explained, it has no bearing on medical procedures. How does the price of a shoulder replacement procedure in Paris create greater expense in Jacksonville? And sorry, but one anecdote of a Canadian visiting is weak sauce.