Change is in the air

[briansd1]

[quote=CONCHO]I have family members who are cancer survivors and who have conditions like type I diabetes. They are completely, totally uninsurable. No insurance company will sell them a policy for any amount of money given their health history. Their only option is to work for an employer that has a group healthcare plan. Hopefully they will be able to work until they qualify for medicare. Not everyone is so lucky.[/quote]

If they get laid off, they will have to pick-up the cost of their insurance out of pocket [COBRA] for up to 18 months (likely $1,000/mo for a family of 3) after which they are SOL.

If a company goes bankrupt and there is no health insurance, then there is no COBRA. Tough luck. Again SOL.

With the changing economy and more turnover in the workforce, there will be more people falling in the cracks. More SOL.

[Anonymous]

whoa hold on everyone, geez- I was asking a question not saying that people don’t deserve healthcare (next time I will use ?).
I am in favor of healthcare coverage for all, I just don’t understand how this bill is going to make that happen.
So let me try again:
If the ones without coverage today and cannot afford coverage today, how does this bill make it more affordable in the future?

[Anonymous]

whoa hold on everyone, geez- I was asking a question not saying that people don’t deserve healthcare (next time I will use ?).
I am in favor of healthcare coverage for all, I just don’t understand how this bill is going to make that happen.
So let me try again:
If the ones without coverage today and cannot afford coverage today, how does this bill make it more affordable in the future?

[Anonymous]

whoa hold on everyone, geez- I was asking a question not saying that people don’t deserve healthcare (next time I will use ?).
I am in favor of healthcare coverage for all, I just don’t understand how this bill is going to make that happen.
So let me try again:
If the ones without coverage today and cannot afford coverage today, how does this bill make it more affordable in the future?

[Anonymous]

whoa hold on everyone, geez- I was asking a question not saying that people don’t deserve healthcare (next time I will use ?).
I am in favor of healthcare coverage for all, I just don’t understand how this bill is going to make that happen.
So let me try again:
If the ones without coverage today and cannot afford coverage today, how does this bill make it more affordable in the future?

[Anonymous]

whoa hold on everyone, geez- I was asking a question not saying that people don’t deserve healthcare (next time I will use ?).
I am in favor of healthcare coverage for all, I just don’t understand how this bill is going to make that happen.
So let me try again:
If the ones without coverage today and cannot afford coverage today, how does this bill make it more affordable in the future?

[blahblahblah]

If the ones without coverage today and cannot afford coverage today, how does this bill make it more affordable in the future?

Excellent question – short answer, this bill will not help anyone except the insurance companies. In that respect it will be the same as all of our other legislation, its only benefit will be to the most well-connected, largest corporations.

Back to work, slaves!

[blahblahblah]

If the ones without coverage today and cannot afford coverage today, how does this bill make it more affordable in the future?

Excellent question – short answer, this bill will not help anyone except the insurance companies. In that respect it will be the same as all of our other legislation, its only benefit will be to the most well-connected, largest corporations.

Back to work, slaves!

[blahblahblah]

If the ones without coverage today and cannot afford coverage today, how does this bill make it more affordable in the future?

Excellent question – short answer, this bill will not help anyone except the insurance companies. In that respect it will be the same as all of our other legislation, its only benefit will be to the most well-connected, largest corporations.

Back to work, slaves!

[blahblahblah]

If the ones without coverage today and cannot afford coverage today, how does this bill make it more affordable in the future?

Excellent question – short answer, this bill will not help anyone except the insurance companies. In that respect it will be the same as all of our other legislation, its only benefit will be to the most well-connected, largest corporations.

Back to work, slaves!

[blahblahblah]

If the ones without coverage today and cannot afford coverage today, how does this bill make it more affordable in the future?

Excellent question – short answer, this bill will not help anyone except the insurance companies. In that respect it will be the same as all of our other legislation, its only benefit will be to the most well-connected, largest corporations.

Back to work, slaves!

[briansd1]

[quote=justsayin1964]
If the ones without coverage today and cannot afford coverage today, how does this bill make it more affordable in the future?[/quote]

Not addressing this bill in particular.

But we can make it affordable by covering everyone and lowering the cost of health care.

People who are not covered now how get sick end up in emergency rooms for very expensive end of life treatment when preventive treatment would have kept them healthy productive members of society.

We now have a whole class of people are chronically sick but can’t afford preventive care. So they just wait until they are about to drop before they enter the emergency rooms.

We also need legislation to curb unnecessary medical services. For people who are covered, medical costs need to be fully disclosed to them so that they are aware of the costs they are incurring.

[briansd1]

[quote=justsayin1964]
If the ones without coverage today and cannot afford coverage today, how does this bill make it more affordable in the future?[/quote]

Not addressing this bill in particular.

But we can make it affordable by covering everyone and lowering the cost of health care.

People who are not covered now how get sick end up in emergency rooms for very expensive end of life treatment when preventive treatment would have kept them healthy productive members of society.

We now have a whole class of people are chronically sick but can’t afford preventive care. So they just wait until they are about to drop before they enter the emergency rooms.

We also need legislation to curb unnecessary medical services. For people who are covered, medical costs need to be fully disclosed to them so that they are aware of the costs they are incurring.

[briansd1]

[quote=justsayin1964]
If the ones without coverage today and cannot afford coverage today, how does this bill make it more affordable in the future?[/quote]

Not addressing this bill in particular.

But we can make it affordable by covering everyone and lowering the cost of health care.

People who are not covered now how get sick end up in emergency rooms for very expensive end of life treatment when preventive treatment would have kept them healthy productive members of society.

We now have a whole class of people are chronically sick but can’t afford preventive care. So they just wait until they are about to drop before they enter the emergency rooms.

We also need legislation to curb unnecessary medical services. For people who are covered, medical costs need to be fully disclosed to them so that they are aware of the costs they are incurring.

[briansd1]

[quote=justsayin1964]
If the ones without coverage today and cannot afford coverage today, how does this bill make it more affordable in the future?[/quote]

Not addressing this bill in particular.

But we can make it affordable by covering everyone and lowering the cost of health care.

People who are not covered now how get sick end up in emergency rooms for very expensive end of life treatment when preventive treatment would have kept them healthy productive members of society.

We now have a whole class of people are chronically sick but can’t afford preventive care. So they just wait until they are about to drop before they enter the emergency rooms.

We also need legislation to curb unnecessary medical services. For people who are covered, medical costs need to be fully disclosed to them so that they are aware of the costs they are incurring.

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