<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Donovan,</span></div><div><span>Great minds think alike. The economist Dean Baker has been advocating this for some time:</span></div><div><span>http://money.cnn.com/2011/09/16/news/economy/debt_committee_health_costs/</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Right now Medicare and Medicaid funds can't be spent outside the U.S. Many retirees now visit Mexico for out-of-pocket care (particularly dentistry) and prescription drugs, although Customs will confiscate the drugs, if found.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>On another topic, this thread originated when you reported that your patients weren't getting prescription drugs. do you know if that was economics, or were their doctors following the new trend of reducing the number of drugs prescribed for the elderly? Google "overmedicated
seniors" for some articles.</span></div><div> </div><div>Ron Force<br>Moscow Idaho USA<br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Rosemary Huskey <donaldrose@cpcinternet.com>; 'Tom Hansen' <thansen@moscow.com>; 'lfalen' <lfalen@turbonet.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> 'Moscow Vision2020' <vision2020@moscow.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, May 2, 2012 1:17 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] Something you need to know<br> </font> </div> <br>
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<div style=""><span style="">Tax credits wouldn't work because insurance companies and medical providers would just raise their rates the same as the tax credit. They are for-profit, not for-charity. </span></div>
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<div style=""><span style="">There is only one way to save our health care. We do to the giant medical corporations jobs that they did to the working classes jobs, ship them overseas. Why should the US taxpayer pay $200 for a prescription and $100,000 in medical care in the United States when we can ship them overseas and get the same care for a fraction of the cost. If we let people retire in luxury at 65 in overseas retirement communities, enough people would go to where the increased taxpayer costs of social security and medicare would disappear. </span></div>
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<div style=""><span style="">Yes, that means some mega <span style="" id="yiv2133817184misspell-0"><span>millionaires</span></span> and a couple <span style="" id="yiv2133817184misspell-1"><span>billionaires</span></span> would lose their jobs, but it didn't bother us when millions lost their good paying blue collar jobs overseas, so it shouldn't bother us now.</span></div>
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<div style=""><span style="">Did you know in the <span style="" id="yiv2133817184misspell-2"><span>Philippines</span></span>, you can hire a private nurse, same skills and qualifications as US nurses, for just $3-$5 an hour. Compare that to the cost of a nurse in the US at $50 to $100 an hour. </span></div>
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<div class="yiv2133817184MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt;">Let’s focus please. Roger, how do you propose indigent patients gather enough resources to buy their <span id="yiv2133817184misspell-2" class="yiv2133817184mark">meds</span> in the first place let alone benefit from a tax credit? I am sick unto death hearing about tax credits as a solution to anything.. How ‘bout single payer (much like the Medicare and <span id="yiv2133817184misspell-3" class="yiv2133817184mark">Tricare</span> System which works very well) and a flat payment (according to income level) to be assessed by all working adults. And, frankly, I would be delighted if those making over 250K per year (including investment earnings) would pay 10 times more for the privilege of medical care than those making $25,000.</span></div>
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