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August 16, 2011 at 12:28 PM #721222August 18, 2011 at 4:36 PM #721046briansd1Guest
I have personal experience helping a guy apply for County Medical Services. He had a fistula that was infected with pus flowing out. Pretty disgusting.
If you don’t have insurance, can’t pay for preventive care, and have cancer or a chronic problem, once you enter the “system” it’s too late. It’s not like you can walk into an emergency room and they’ll give you the best care.
The members of the Tea Party congressional caucus who don’t believe we need universal healthcare, when they get sick, should pretend they don’t have insurance and see the kind of services they receive.
I’m not saying that Obama Cares is the ideal solution, but we do need some kind of universal coverage.
August 18, 2011 at 4:36 PM #721139briansd1GuestI have personal experience helping a guy apply for County Medical Services. He had a fistula that was infected with pus flowing out. Pretty disgusting.
If you don’t have insurance, can’t pay for preventive care, and have cancer or a chronic problem, once you enter the “system” it’s too late. It’s not like you can walk into an emergency room and they’ll give you the best care.
The members of the Tea Party congressional caucus who don’t believe we need universal healthcare, when they get sick, should pretend they don’t have insurance and see the kind of services they receive.
I’m not saying that Obama Cares is the ideal solution, but we do need some kind of universal coverage.
August 18, 2011 at 4:36 PM #721739briansd1GuestI have personal experience helping a guy apply for County Medical Services. He had a fistula that was infected with pus flowing out. Pretty disgusting.
If you don’t have insurance, can’t pay for preventive care, and have cancer or a chronic problem, once you enter the “system” it’s too late. It’s not like you can walk into an emergency room and they’ll give you the best care.
The members of the Tea Party congressional caucus who don’t believe we need universal healthcare, when they get sick, should pretend they don’t have insurance and see the kind of services they receive.
I’m not saying that Obama Cares is the ideal solution, but we do need some kind of universal coverage.
August 18, 2011 at 4:36 PM #721896briansd1GuestI have personal experience helping a guy apply for County Medical Services. He had a fistula that was infected with pus flowing out. Pretty disgusting.
If you don’t have insurance, can’t pay for preventive care, and have cancer or a chronic problem, once you enter the “system” it’s too late. It’s not like you can walk into an emergency room and they’ll give you the best care.
The members of the Tea Party congressional caucus who don’t believe we need universal healthcare, when they get sick, should pretend they don’t have insurance and see the kind of services they receive.
I’m not saying that Obama Cares is the ideal solution, but we do need some kind of universal coverage.
August 18, 2011 at 4:36 PM #722260briansd1GuestI have personal experience helping a guy apply for County Medical Services. He had a fistula that was infected with pus flowing out. Pretty disgusting.
If you don’t have insurance, can’t pay for preventive care, and have cancer or a chronic problem, once you enter the “system” it’s too late. It’s not like you can walk into an emergency room and they’ll give you the best care.
The members of the Tea Party congressional caucus who don’t believe we need universal healthcare, when they get sick, should pretend they don’t have insurance and see the kind of services they receive.
I’m not saying that Obama Cares is the ideal solution, but we do need some kind of universal coverage.
August 19, 2011 at 2:53 AM #721145CA renterParticipant[quote=briansd1][quote=UCGal]
I view it in the exact opposite way. The bill that passed was a give away to the private health insurance companies – customers are mandated to buy insurance but there were no cost constraints imposed.Economies of scale are NOT working in insurance and big pharma. Look at Lipitor – it’s actually MORE expensive now, despite being one of the most prescribed meds out there. Shouldn’t it have gone down in price if true market forces were allowed to be in place?[/quote]
I agree UCGal. Big give away to the health insurance industry.
I believe we’d be better off with government-run health care for everybody. We should start with a comprehensive ban on drug advertising.
The rich would be better off also because could they could supplement their coverage with private pay-for-service or private health insurance.
Businesses would be more competitive because they would not have provide and deal with health care for employees.
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Much of the bill has not yet been implemented. So flu’s private insurance rates (likely negotiated last year) are likely part of the “normal” appreciation that has taken place in the last decade.
http://healthreform.kff.org/Timeline.aspx%5B/quote%5DCould not agree more, UCGal and Brian. The insurance industry is part of the FIRE sector. They have been running this country for far too many years, and the way this bill was passed made it clear that they had every intention of squeezing every last penny from what’s left of U.S. workers.
This bill had nothing to do with healthcare; it was all about enriching the insurance companies.
August 19, 2011 at 2:53 AM #721238CA renterParticipant[quote=briansd1][quote=UCGal]
I view it in the exact opposite way. The bill that passed was a give away to the private health insurance companies – customers are mandated to buy insurance but there were no cost constraints imposed.Economies of scale are NOT working in insurance and big pharma. Look at Lipitor – it’s actually MORE expensive now, despite being one of the most prescribed meds out there. Shouldn’t it have gone down in price if true market forces were allowed to be in place?[/quote]
I agree UCGal. Big give away to the health insurance industry.
I believe we’d be better off with government-run health care for everybody. We should start with a comprehensive ban on drug advertising.
The rich would be better off also because could they could supplement their coverage with private pay-for-service or private health insurance.
Businesses would be more competitive because they would not have provide and deal with health care for employees.
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Much of the bill has not yet been implemented. So flu’s private insurance rates (likely negotiated last year) are likely part of the “normal” appreciation that has taken place in the last decade.
http://healthreform.kff.org/Timeline.aspx%5B/quote%5DCould not agree more, UCGal and Brian. The insurance industry is part of the FIRE sector. They have been running this country for far too many years, and the way this bill was passed made it clear that they had every intention of squeezing every last penny from what’s left of U.S. workers.
This bill had nothing to do with healthcare; it was all about enriching the insurance companies.
August 19, 2011 at 2:53 AM #721837CA renterParticipant[quote=briansd1][quote=UCGal]
I view it in the exact opposite way. The bill that passed was a give away to the private health insurance companies – customers are mandated to buy insurance but there were no cost constraints imposed.Economies of scale are NOT working in insurance and big pharma. Look at Lipitor – it’s actually MORE expensive now, despite being one of the most prescribed meds out there. Shouldn’t it have gone down in price if true market forces were allowed to be in place?[/quote]
I agree UCGal. Big give away to the health insurance industry.
I believe we’d be better off with government-run health care for everybody. We should start with a comprehensive ban on drug advertising.
The rich would be better off also because could they could supplement their coverage with private pay-for-service or private health insurance.
Businesses would be more competitive because they would not have provide and deal with health care for employees.
*
Much of the bill has not yet been implemented. So flu’s private insurance rates (likely negotiated last year) are likely part of the “normal” appreciation that has taken place in the last decade.
http://healthreform.kff.org/Timeline.aspx%5B/quote%5DCould not agree more, UCGal and Brian. The insurance industry is part of the FIRE sector. They have been running this country for far too many years, and the way this bill was passed made it clear that they had every intention of squeezing every last penny from what’s left of U.S. workers.
This bill had nothing to do with healthcare; it was all about enriching the insurance companies.
August 19, 2011 at 2:53 AM #721994CA renterParticipant[quote=briansd1][quote=UCGal]
I view it in the exact opposite way. The bill that passed was a give away to the private health insurance companies – customers are mandated to buy insurance but there were no cost constraints imposed.Economies of scale are NOT working in insurance and big pharma. Look at Lipitor – it’s actually MORE expensive now, despite being one of the most prescribed meds out there. Shouldn’t it have gone down in price if true market forces were allowed to be in place?[/quote]
I agree UCGal. Big give away to the health insurance industry.
I believe we’d be better off with government-run health care for everybody. We should start with a comprehensive ban on drug advertising.
The rich would be better off also because could they could supplement their coverage with private pay-for-service or private health insurance.
Businesses would be more competitive because they would not have provide and deal with health care for employees.
*
Much of the bill has not yet been implemented. So flu’s private insurance rates (likely negotiated last year) are likely part of the “normal” appreciation that has taken place in the last decade.
http://healthreform.kff.org/Timeline.aspx%5B/quote%5DCould not agree more, UCGal and Brian. The insurance industry is part of the FIRE sector. They have been running this country for far too many years, and the way this bill was passed made it clear that they had every intention of squeezing every last penny from what’s left of U.S. workers.
This bill had nothing to do with healthcare; it was all about enriching the insurance companies.
August 19, 2011 at 2:53 AM #722360CA renterParticipant[quote=briansd1][quote=UCGal]
I view it in the exact opposite way. The bill that passed was a give away to the private health insurance companies – customers are mandated to buy insurance but there were no cost constraints imposed.Economies of scale are NOT working in insurance and big pharma. Look at Lipitor – it’s actually MORE expensive now, despite being one of the most prescribed meds out there. Shouldn’t it have gone down in price if true market forces were allowed to be in place?[/quote]
I agree UCGal. Big give away to the health insurance industry.
I believe we’d be better off with government-run health care for everybody. We should start with a comprehensive ban on drug advertising.
The rich would be better off also because could they could supplement their coverage with private pay-for-service or private health insurance.
Businesses would be more competitive because they would not have provide and deal with health care for employees.
*
Much of the bill has not yet been implemented. So flu’s private insurance rates (likely negotiated last year) are likely part of the “normal” appreciation that has taken place in the last decade.
http://healthreform.kff.org/Timeline.aspx%5B/quote%5DCould not agree more, UCGal and Brian. The insurance industry is part of the FIRE sector. They have been running this country for far too many years, and the way this bill was passed made it clear that they had every intention of squeezing every last penny from what’s left of U.S. workers.
This bill had nothing to do with healthcare; it was all about enriching the insurance companies.
August 19, 2011 at 8:13 AM #721185jpinpbParticipant[quote=CA renter]
This bill had nothing to do with healthcare; it was all about enriching the insurance companies.[/quote]X2
August 19, 2011 at 8:13 AM #721278jpinpbParticipant[quote=CA renter]
This bill had nothing to do with healthcare; it was all about enriching the insurance companies.[/quote]X2
August 19, 2011 at 8:13 AM #721877jpinpbParticipant[quote=CA renter]
This bill had nothing to do with healthcare; it was all about enriching the insurance companies.[/quote]X2
August 19, 2011 at 8:13 AM #722034jpinpbParticipant[quote=CA renter]
This bill had nothing to do with healthcare; it was all about enriching the insurance companies.[/quote]X2
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