Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Cap the Greedy Bastards, and Use the Money to Fund Mental Health Parity

Yeah. I'm for this bill.

  1. Limiting the number of physician-owned specialty hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers will definitely reduce the number of unnecessary procedures being done in these places.
  2. Mental health has been screwed over for way too long, and the lack of mental health resources ends up shifting costs to the medical side...health care costs go up without mental health treatment.
Even thought they're cheaper, I'm not convinced that they are safer or provide better service.

(FYI...the limits would protect my dumb-ass colleagues that continue to invest in these despite the fact that there's an oversupply in most markets.)

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