tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154018758799451116.post8672186080575522482..comments2023-11-05T06:01:46.501-05:00Comments on Solo Docs, So Long: Are Doctors Smart?OnaColasantehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12516818299832410490noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154018758799451116.post-27422205656619183302012-08-21T14:08:56.719-04:002012-08-21T14:08:56.719-04:00Assuming your innocence - which I think is a safe ...Assuming your innocence - which I think is a safe bet based on your heartfelt and numerous posts (many of which I have now read or scanned) - or not, and beyond the outrage and sympathy your "case" deserves, what should concern the rest of us Americans is the nightmarish power of the feds. Clearly a principle like habeas corpus for property seizures should be in place so that whatever possibly understandable emergency actions might be required by the FBI in situations of real danger, must soon thereafter be followed by court filed charges. Not being a lawyer or otherwise apparently informed enough on our civil rights, I don't know how we got to this point and this obviously wide avenue - make that "boulevard" - for abuse by all too human agents of a too powerful government. I am actually very close to a Fed Prosecutor in another part of the country who deals with violent crime, and am sympathetic to the work he does. I will ask him about this case and the principle at work.<br /><br />On another note, it is my understanding that Medicare is significantly more efficient in terms of administrative costs than private insurance, but that lacking investigators leaves it open to much fraud. Is this merely a matter of balance and doing it better, or is there some structural change that would better address the problem? Given our over the top health care costs - literally - when compared to other developed countries, what are we doing wrong in this area? My understanding is that other countries feature more - not less - government involvement, whether the system is totally socialized (the UK?) or insurance driven (Germany?).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com