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	Name:	Council Roc Doc -
	Subject:	That came out of the old Wazoo
	Date:	12/4/2013 10:00:23 AM

Again, GF, it is all in what individuals deem important. Dentistry has been in the forefront of preventive screening and treatment for decades. Medicine needed to have adopted that methodology a long time ago, but buried their heads in the sand. The question is, why would someone wait until they had dental insurance before going to the dentists for a routine cleaning and periodic radiographs? The cost is similar to the price of a Gucci bag, or a couple of rounds of golf, or a couple of manni/pedis. People chose not to set aside monthly income for healthcare costs, assuming either it was someone else's responsibility or they would roll the dice and pay when necessary.

The discussion as to why I and the majority of healthcare providers are against universal care is much too complicated to discuss in a forum such as this. I have a private practice and also give back to my community by volunteering as an attending surgeon at a major Atlanta teaching institution. I have given away my services for going on 2 decades now, seen patients at ER's and in my office with no insurance, so the notion that just because individuals had no insurance meant they were prohibited from seeking medical care is a croc that you on the left have used to justify governmental takeover of 1/6th of the economy. There were certainly methods available to make healthcare more efficient for those without insurance for justifiable reasons, but asking me to not only treat patients at government set fees and also ask me to pay for someone else's health insurance is a little much. Hence, you will find a paucity of providers willing to sign on to various plans, and you will not be able to force us to. You will be able to make the choice of seeing providers who were trained either here or abroad. It is simply what you will be willing to pay for healthcare. Afterall, it is your responsibility, not a governmental perk.