OT: Medical increases for the year

[Arraya]

[quote=ocrenter][quote=Arraya]http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/would-tort-reform-lower-health-care-costs/
That’s wildly exaggerated. According to the actuarial consulting firm Towers Perrin, medical malpractice tort costs were $30.4 billion in 2007, the last year for which data are available. We have a more than a $2 trillion health care system. That puts litigation costs and malpractice insurance at 1 to 1.5 percent of total medical costs. That’s a rounding error. Liability isn’t even the tail on the cost dog. It’s the hair on the end of the tail.[/quote]

the issue here is the FEAR of litigation. All it takes it one lawsuit to bring a doctor’s world upside down for years, regardless of how valid the lawsuit is. So here’s a question: is it easier for a doctor to just order the chest x-ray or take the risk that he/she might miss something and end up with a lawsuit on his/her hand.[/quote]

yeah, that makes sense. People are lawsuit happy, these days.

[Mark Holmes]

“My deductible went up from $500 to $2000. And they increased the amount taken out of every paycheck from $150 to $260.”

My changes are similar. This is why so many people, myself included, are screaming for a public option. I personally wish they would just open up Medicare to everyone, with premiums based on income, letting government subsidize costs. This would bring down premiums for private health care quickly.

But at this rate, I’ll be dropping my health care before long. It just isn’t affordable or sensible. The most I’ve ever seen the doctor for is a bi-annual checkup and heartburn. Told me to take Prilosec OTC.

It worked, by the way.

[Mark Holmes]

“My deductible went up from $500 to $2000. And they increased the amount taken out of every paycheck from $150 to $260.”

My changes are similar. This is why so many people, myself included, are screaming for a public option. I personally wish they would just open up Medicare to everyone, with premiums based on income, letting government subsidize costs. This would bring down premiums for private health care quickly.

But at this rate, I’ll be dropping my health care before long. It just isn’t affordable or sensible. The most I’ve ever seen the doctor for is a bi-annual checkup and heartburn. Told me to take Prilosec OTC.

It worked, by the way.

[Mark Holmes]

“My deductible went up from $500 to $2000. And they increased the amount taken out of every paycheck from $150 to $260.”

My changes are similar. This is why so many people, myself included, are screaming for a public option. I personally wish they would just open up Medicare to everyone, with premiums based on income, letting government subsidize costs. This would bring down premiums for private health care quickly.

But at this rate, I’ll be dropping my health care before long. It just isn’t affordable or sensible. The most I’ve ever seen the doctor for is a bi-annual checkup and heartburn. Told me to take Prilosec OTC.

It worked, by the way.

[Mark Holmes]

“My deductible went up from $500 to $2000. And they increased the amount taken out of every paycheck from $150 to $260.”

My changes are similar. This is why so many people, myself included, are screaming for a public option. I personally wish they would just open up Medicare to everyone, with premiums based on income, letting government subsidize costs. This would bring down premiums for private health care quickly.

But at this rate, I’ll be dropping my health care before long. It just isn’t affordable or sensible. The most I’ve ever seen the doctor for is a bi-annual checkup and heartburn. Told me to take Prilosec OTC.

It worked, by the way.

[Mark Holmes]

“My deductible went up from $500 to $2000. And they increased the amount taken out of every paycheck from $150 to $260.”

My changes are similar. This is why so many people, myself included, are screaming for a public option. I personally wish they would just open up Medicare to everyone, with premiums based on income, letting government subsidize costs. This would bring down premiums for private health care quickly.

But at this rate, I’ll be dropping my health care before long. It just isn’t affordable or sensible. The most I’ve ever seen the doctor for is a bi-annual checkup and heartburn. Told me to take Prilosec OTC.

It worked, by the way.

[DWCAP]

My vision plan changed, we now can have frames only every 24 months instead of every 12. We can still get new lenses every 12 months, but will have to keep the frames.

BTW I dont wear glasses/contacts.

(moral of the story is not every employer is trying to stickit to the employee)

[DWCAP]

My vision plan changed, we now can have frames only every 24 months instead of every 12. We can still get new lenses every 12 months, but will have to keep the frames.

BTW I dont wear glasses/contacts.

(moral of the story is not every employer is trying to stickit to the employee)

[DWCAP]

My vision plan changed, we now can have frames only every 24 months instead of every 12. We can still get new lenses every 12 months, but will have to keep the frames.

BTW I dont wear glasses/contacts.

(moral of the story is not every employer is trying to stickit to the employee)

[DWCAP]

My vision plan changed, we now can have frames only every 24 months instead of every 12. We can still get new lenses every 12 months, but will have to keep the frames.

BTW I dont wear glasses/contacts.

(moral of the story is not every employer is trying to stickit to the employee)

[DWCAP]

My vision plan changed, we now can have frames only every 24 months instead of every 12. We can still get new lenses every 12 months, but will have to keep the frames.

BTW I dont wear glasses/contacts.

(moral of the story is not every employer is trying to stickit to the employee)

[Aecetia]

Brian,
Good thoughts, but even under Pelosi’s behemoth bill for corporate insurance lobbyists, not all will be insured. The whole matter is a boondoggle and needs to be scrapped. The Republicans supposedly have a proposal that would save money. The CBO says the R. plan would lower health care costs ($61 billion over 10 years). Mixed reviews on how many would be uninsured. Since many are uninsured by choice, (the young and the well) this number should not be a make or break. Put catastrophic coverage in for those people. Why can’t they combine the two and come up with a win win for all?

[Aecetia]

Brian,
Good thoughts, but even under Pelosi’s behemoth bill for corporate insurance lobbyists, not all will be insured. The whole matter is a boondoggle and needs to be scrapped. The Republicans supposedly have a proposal that would save money. The CBO says the R. plan would lower health care costs ($61 billion over 10 years). Mixed reviews on how many would be uninsured. Since many are uninsured by choice, (the young and the well) this number should not be a make or break. Put catastrophic coverage in for those people. Why can’t they combine the two and come up with a win win for all?

[Aecetia]

Brian,
Good thoughts, but even under Pelosi’s behemoth bill for corporate insurance lobbyists, not all will be insured. The whole matter is a boondoggle and needs to be scrapped. The Republicans supposedly have a proposal that would save money. The CBO says the R. plan would lower health care costs ($61 billion over 10 years). Mixed reviews on how many would be uninsured. Since many are uninsured by choice, (the young and the well) this number should not be a make or break. Put catastrophic coverage in for those people. Why can’t they combine the two and come up with a win win for all?

[Aecetia]

Brian,
Good thoughts, but even under Pelosi’s behemoth bill for corporate insurance lobbyists, not all will be insured. The whole matter is a boondoggle and needs to be scrapped. The Republicans supposedly have a proposal that would save money. The CBO says the R. plan would lower health care costs ($61 billion over 10 years). Mixed reviews on how many would be uninsured. Since many are uninsured by choice, (the young and the well) this number should not be a make or break. Put catastrophic coverage in for those people. Why can’t they combine the two and come up with a win win for all?

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