Comments on: Panda Bear, MD on Single Payor http://gruntdoc.com/2007/03/panda-bear-md-on-single-payor.html Ramblings of an Emergency Physician in Texas Sat, 12 May 2012 12:36:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Catron http://gruntdoc.com/2007/03/panda-bear-md-on-single-payor.html/comment-page-1#comment-5672 Catron Sun, 01 Apr 2007 03:21:27 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2007/03/panda-bear-md-on-single-payor.html#comment-5672 At present, the real-life animal that most nearly approximates Panda’s metaphorical junk yard dog is CMS. As anyone who has dealt extensively with that behemoth will tell you, it is a beast that does not hesitate to exploit its grip that “small portion of your property” called reimbursement in order to impose all manner of wacky bureaucratic and regulatory caprices. Anyone who believes that such behavior would not characterize a single-payer health care system should return to his alma mater and demand a refund. At present, the real-life animal that most nearly approximates Panda’s metaphorical junk yard dog is CMS. As anyone who has dealt extensively with that behemoth will tell you, it is a beast that does not hesitate to exploit its grip that “small portion of your property” called reimbursement in order to impose all manner of wacky bureaucratic and regulatory caprices.

Anyone who believes that such behavior would not characterize a single-payer health care system should return to his alma mater and demand a refund.

]]> By: GruntDoc http://gruntdoc.com/2007/03/panda-bear-md-on-single-payor.html/comment-page-1#comment-5671 GruntDoc Thu, 29 Mar 2007 04:37:02 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2007/03/panda-bear-md-on-single-payor.html#comment-5671 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-payer_health_care" rel="nofollow">Single Payor, from Wikipedia</a>. Single Payor, from Wikipedia.

]]> By: vijay http://gruntdoc.com/2007/03/panda-bear-md-on-single-payor.html/comment-page-1#comment-5670 vijay Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:09:13 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2007/03/panda-bear-md-on-single-payor.html#comment-5670 single payor..what does that mean? single payor..what does that mean?

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