auditor0007
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NUTS because we think it is all a SPENDING problem???
Why would ANY sane person want to work hard and have the government take BEFORE the person sees the money and turn around and :
- spend $2.6 million to make sure prostitutes in China drink less on the job.
- $1.44 million in federal funds estimating the size of the population and examining the social milieu
of male prostitutes in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
- on-tax-dollars-spent-to-study-male-prostitutes-in-vietnam
- Washington spends $25 billion annually maintaining unused or vacant federal properties
U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) today released a new oversight report, Wastebook 2010 that highlights some of the most egregious examples of government waste in 2010.
Dr. Coburn Releases New Oversight Report:
AND now us NUTS are not happy to send tax money to the government that
A) Took a 2,700 page bill now
B) Has 13,000 pages of rules and regulations for a law not fully implemented
C) Hiring 16,000 more IRS to collect more money
So tell me again the SANITY of sending tax money to an entity that is OK with the above spending and
for example paying Methodist hospital of San Antonio (just one of 6,000 Medicare hospitals that grossly overcharge Medicare..) $2,315 for a CAT scan that cost $152 or a markup of 1,423.3%!!!
Or Univ. Community Hospital in Tampa billed Medicare 2,110 times to do CAT scan no contrast
at $2,635 billed Medicare...
The services COST the hospital:$43
A 6,127.91% markup!
So again what SANE person wants to send more money to an entity that gladly PAYS 6,000% MARKUP!
Prove me wrong if you can but YOU obviously DON"T deal with the FACTS just hyperbole!!!
These are real numbers.. real waste and you are OK with that???
I'm not exactly sure where you are getting your numbers from, but they are just completely wrong. If you think a CT Scan only costs $152 you are out of your mind. The average cost of a CT Scanner plus the cost of the room which must be specially set up is around $1 million. This does not include the cost of technicians and other incidentals. While the cost of $2000 or more is out of line, the true cost would need to be much higher than $152. The biggest problem with CT's is that they cost so much that doctors over use them to pay for them, meaning people are being exposed to massive amounts of radiation for no reason at all.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/business/29scan.html?pagewanted=all