tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post8069130673558603607..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: Our Medicare Entitlement CrisisDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-732855950510797372008-08-05T22:35:00.000-05:002008-08-05T22:35:00.000-05:00The Masters study definatly drove the stake in the...The Masters study definatly drove the stake in the heart of MTWA. For those that wanted it driven. Quarintend data and all.<BR/><BR/>It proved loud and clear that MTWA DEFINATELY CANNOT PREDICT ICD FIRINGS, by the way, NEITHER can GOD.<BR/><BR/>It still doesnt change the premise of the happy Hospitalist blog. Medicare will becom insolvent.<BR/><BR/>Who decides who gets what and what portion doesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-29459939650678845662008-08-05T20:14:00.000-05:002008-08-05T20:14:00.000-05:00Anony 4:42PM - Society and patients themselves wou...Anony 4:42PM - <BR/><BR/>Society and patients themselves would make the choice if free market forces were permitted to flourish. Our problem is government intervention and bloated bureaucracy currently commands about 30% of every healthcare dollar (and growing). In a free market approach, if granny can pay (or acquire her OWN insurance that is willing to pay for such items) then she can get DrWeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-81417234154291829532008-08-05T17:51:00.000-05:002008-08-05T17:51:00.000-05:00Great points, Dr. Wes...There is a large contingen...Great points, Dr. Wes...<BR/><BR/>There is a large contingent of senior citizens that are abusing Medicare. My 80 year old Dad is one of them. He hasn't met a diagnostic test he didn't like, and hypchondriac that he is, they almost all come back "negative."<BR/><BR/>p.s. to the previous poster:<BR/><BR/>Please take your spam elsewhere...this is one of the few unpolluted blogs available on the net.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-87546041471265292712008-08-05T16:42:00.000-05:002008-08-05T16:42:00.000-05:00Dr Wes,Who would make the decisions as to whats th...Dr Wes,<BR/><BR/>Who would make the decisions as to whats the appropriate amount of care for each service?<BR/><BR/>I'm sure the cataract implanters and mfg will fight as hard for their turf as hard as the HRS will fight along with the ICD industry for their turf.<BR/><BR/>Who would say to you that the negative predictive value of MTWA test is a good enough argument to potentially eliminate 1/3 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com