Is this our future?

[Quantum Windbag]

Remember when Obama said doctors want to cut off peoples feet because they get paid more for that than for caring for diabetics? It seems Greece has just proved him right. Or is it wrong? It seems that the truth is it is less expensive to chop off the foot than pay for special shoes.

This Saturday, one of Greece’s most respected newspapers, To Vima, reported that the nation’s largest government health insurance provider would no longer pay for special footwear for diabetes patients. Amputation is cheaper, says the Benefits Division of the state insurance provider.
The new policy was announced in a letter to the Pan-Hellenic Federation of People with Diabetes. The Federation disputes the science behind the decision of the Benefits Division. In a statement, the group argues that the decision is contrary to evidence as presented in the international scientific literature.
Greece’s National Healthcare System was created in the early 1980s, during the tenure of Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou. Papandreou, an academic, won election under the slogan, Αλλαγή, which is the Greek word for Change.

Greek Health System Opts for Amputation as Money-Saver | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

Oh the irony.

 

[Nosmo King]

Remember when Obama said doctors want to cut off peoples feet because they get paid more for that than for caring for diabetics? It seems Greece has just proved him right. Or is it wrong? It seems that the truth is it is less expensive to chop off the foot than pay for special shoes.

This Saturday, one of Greece’s most respected newspapers, To Vima, reported that the nation’s largest government health insurance provider would no longer pay for special footwear for diabetes patients. Amputation is cheaper, says the Benefits Division of the state insurance provider.
The new policy was announced in a letter to the Pan-Hellenic Federation of People with Diabetes. The Federation disputes the science behind the decision of the Benefits Division. In a statement, the group argues that the decision is contrary to evidence as presented in the international scientific literature.
Greece’s National Healthcare System was created in the early 1980s, during the tenure of Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou. Papandreou, an academic, won election under the slogan, ??????, which is the Greek word for Change.

Greek Health System Opts for Amputation as Money-Saver | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

Oh the irony.

A result of cost cutting austerity policies after the economic crisis there. What do you suppose is true for the private insurance held by most insured Americans? Caring for the chronic condition diabetes does get pricey. I know first hand, having developed Type l juvenile diabetes at twelve.

Or would the bottom line prefer amputation? A prosthetic and the fittings and training needed would present higher up front costs, but the long term is cheaper.

I say, let the marketplace decide.

Let those with means keep their feet. If you can't pay the freight, "Off with their feet!"

You have nothing to lose but your toes.

And there goes that 'robust public option'. In the can with the little piggy that went to market.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

A result of cost cutting austerity policies after the economic crisis there. What do you suppose is true for the private insurance held by most insured Americans? Caring for the chronic condition diabetes does get pricey. I know first hand, having developed Type l juvenile diabetes at twelve.

Or would the bottom line prefer amputation? A prosthetic and the fittings and training needed would present higher up front costs, but the long term is cheaper.

I say, let the marketplace decide.

Let those with means keep their feet. If you can't pay the freight, "Off with their feet!"

You have nothing to lose but your toes.

And there goes that 'robust public option'. In the can with the little piggy that went to market.

Do you even know what you are talking about?