Letter from my Congressman

I got this wonderful e-mail letter from my Congressman that he wants to redirect the spending on health care. While everything is going up, physicians are seeing a cut in Medicare reimbursements. Trickle down effect. HMO presidents make millions of dollars and the physician treating the patient gets the leftover pennies. People will be steered into more "health care savings accounts." That's like telling people: Here are a few books and when you are finished reading we will give you your Ph.D. Our whole health care system is pretty demented. It works on the premise that one negotiates health care like buying a car at Carmax or a few carrots at New Foods. Needless to say that the Congressmen do not buy into this for themselves. Oh, they have wonderful, cheap health insurance. Everything is paid for with our tax dollar. No savings plan there!