On Tue, 28 Feb 2017 12:10:38 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>
>Sorry, forgot about that one. In addition to the overt effect
>that lobbyists have, special-interest groups like the insurance
>industry have a lot of money and a lot of power. They can
>convince voters that national health insurance would mean
>that faceless government bureaucrats would make voters'
>health-care decisions for them. It doesn't seem to bother
>people that faceless insurance-company bureaucrats make
>those decisions under our current system.
>
>Cindy Hamilton
>power to

My cousin, then a resident in San Francisco, was told to come back in
a month and he (her doctor) would recheck the lump she found in her
breast and see if it developed. She was so freaked she flew back to
the UK, saw her doc there and within a week had a mastectomy.

When back in SF she asked him why he had suggested waiting and he said
that was what the insurance company wanted. She said she preferred
major decisions be made by a qualified doctor, not an insurance clerk!