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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 01:38 AM Original message |
U.S. patients choosing Mexican hospitals for price, quality |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. Part of the beauty of globalization. |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 01:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. What does universal healthcare |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 02:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Haven't you answered you own question? |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 02:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. So Doctors in Mexico don't make a profit? |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 02:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Of course they do. |
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divinecommands (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Inevitably rising costs? |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. They have Single-Payer Health Care |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 02:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. This Is Just Another Way of Outsourcing Jobs to Mexico |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 06:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I disagree - this is not the software industry |
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fed-up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 09:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. hospitals ARE being closed-Tuolumne General in Sonora, CA just closed a month or two ago nt |
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RAGING Granny (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 10:10 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Hospital Closings |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 10:12 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Welcome to the DU RAGING Granny!! |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Welcome to DU, RAGING Granny. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. HR 676 - Read All About It!!! |
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candice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 06:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Tell Congress to support H.R. 676 |
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candice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. Thank you! Can we copy what you wrote and send it to our friends? |
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leaninglib (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 08:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. It is not necessary to out source jobs to Mexico. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 07:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
41. Not always offshoring; "offpeopling" is another gem of a topic. |
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youngdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 06:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Um, because universal healthcare is cheaper? |
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greymattermom (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 07:45 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. overhead |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
20. Doh! If we had free healthcare here, the doctors here would ... |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
10. I had a medical problem in Mexico... |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
12. My dad used to go to Mexico to get his prescription drugs.. |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
13. People I met use India. nt |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
14. So if they can provide cheap prices in Mexico -- why not HERE? |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Our Doctor has opened an office in Rocky Point MX |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 02:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. you know what -- I have NO pity for these doctors complaining about malpractice insurance |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Perhaps you misunderstood Arbitration vs Litigation |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Arbitration, the way it's done in this country, disfavors the individual. |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 09:07 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I said nothing about "fake victims" |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 09:53 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. "redress for REAL VICTIMS" |
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candice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. 1/3 of the costs are wasted on having insurance companies involved... |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 07:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. I don't know about the 1/3 number |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
15. Part of our problem here is that every doctor wants to have a full lab, |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 09:19 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. You're right, acmavm |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
21. Dental care in Mexico is cheaper than under the health insurance |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 09:57 PM Response to Reply #21 |
39. Check some other Ins. Plans |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
32. 5t's so crazy here in Texas anymore.... |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Same thing in Arizona |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-28-07 09:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. I have a friend that is a.... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
40. Where are the people saying the US's system is better? |
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