Let's see how government healthcare is faring

Of all of the various government healthcare schemes that are or have been in existence, there is only one that has not blown through its estimated costs by at least a factor of 10. The Medicare prescription drug program is the only scheme that has come in at or below estimated costs. It is also the only scheme that is based on private competitive market forces. Capiche? ...

healthiest half of the population consumes only 3% of health care costs. The only alternative would appear to be taxpayer subsidies. It is next to impossible, politically, to take away freebees once in place. Income redistribution continues to increase. The 2010 health law, also known as Obamacare, forced insurers to sell coverage to anyone, at the same price, regardless of their risk of incurring big claims. That provision was popular. Not so were rules requiring nearly everyone to have ins ...

How I wish that people knew more about the history of this nation, and about the expansion of government with more agencies, more laws, more regulations, more inspections, and other impediments to personal success that has occurred especially since the 1930s, and in which NONE of the parties in power have been blameless. Folks, we now have officials shutting down lemonade stands and fining people for collecting rainwater from their own roofs. If you have a koi pond in your back yard, the ...

Government: Must Worship the beast. I didn't care for Bush too much, but even HE wouldn't do something like this to poor families. He is beyond evil. He doesn't have to do this at all. He is a SUPER VILLAIN punishing innocent people, even children just to get his way. ‘Folks About to Riot’: Twitter Explodes with Outrage Over Electronic Food Stamp Shutdown Worship The Beast or Die A Time of Testing Someone has said that truth can be stranger than fiction. I ...

Well, I guess I just got my first taste of Obamacare. My health insurance premium just went up $200.00 a month! Just barely treading water now, going to drown soon. ...

Posted in an earlier thread but worth it's own post: Here's ONE example of why Obamacare is a bad idea. See link for many more: • Page 253: Government sets value of doctors' time, their professional judgment, etc. Read more: Family Security Matters http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.3962/pub_detail.asp#ixzz271Wn6qUz Under Creative Commons License: Attribution ...

I had Obamacare and even with the subsidy still could not afford it and was paying for nothing essentially because there was no way I would ever meet the deductible. To be forced to have to have something is not the answer and as awful as some think that the repeal and replace of Obamacare is, we have to do something and we have to start somewhere. Obamacare was meant to fail and did noone any favors and, by the way, we were LIED to. We have to have choices and competitio ...

Does anybody know how this might positively or negatively affect our jobs as transcriptionists. I haven't really been following the particulars of the bill that closely. ...

This healthcare bill only has a few good things in it, but it was passed so it can insure 30 million people in america that don't have health insurance. there are 300 million people in the united states. The healthcare bill is not about health care or insurance at all, it's about making the government more powerful. Now they can tax our behavior. It's about expansion of government. Exerting behavioral control over american people. Th ...

Insurance should cover prescription drugs, such as antibiotics, narcotics, antidepressants (how many here are on THOSE??) and birth control pills. Are birth control pills considered different b/c they're related to sex? Is that what it boils down to? I was put on them at 14 years old by my pediatrician. It wasn't covered; we had to get them at PP. Why wasn't it covered? If I'd had an infection, antibiotics would have been covered. A small percentage ...

I don't happen to think the new healthcare exchanges are political, happen to believe they belong on the health issues board because they will affect all of us. This article explains the value of Obamacare to me in that EVERYTHING IS CAPPED SO YOU DON'T PAY MORE THAN ~$6000/year. It also explains the meaning of the "10 essential benefits" insurers need to provide to qualify for Obamacare. It doesn't matter if your premiums go up a little or down, what matters to me is I get co-p ...

But one million more than before are covered. Woot! Woot! link ...

Quoting Ellis Winningham, economist. "...the fact is, the issue of universal healthcare doesn’t come down to compassion; it comes down to macroeconomic necessity (see fourth paragraph for an explanation). Canada is the same as the US with regard to how Canadian dollars work – ...tax dollars do not fund Canadian healthcare. The US would be the same. Then secondly, what the federal tax is itself. The Obamacare tax (fine) highlights one of the main purposes of federal ta ...

My sister-in-law is in her mid 50's and not in good health; however, much (granted not all) of the problem is her lifestyle choice. She smokes at least a pack a day, she is sedentary to the point of using a lift chair, motorized scooter & cane to get around, she is at least 100 pounds overweight and her knees are problematic for her as there is too much weight on them. She had a nervous breakdown about 30 years ago after a bad breakup, and then about 10 years later she got d ...

The President’s Health Care Proposal: Trying To Get Blood From A Stone by Dr. Elaina George If the goal of the President’s proposal was to drive doctors into hospital based practices or community health centers, or if it was to break the spirit of providers and bend them to the will of the government that holds the threat of criminal prosecution over their heads if they are found to be Medicare cheats, or if the goal was to dumb down the practice of medicine by ramping up ...

It was made very clear tonight that the politicians voted against what their constituants wanted. That to me makes a sham of our political system. We should not be democrats vs republicans; we should be Americans. What kind of mess are we leaving for our children to clean up and how will they do it if they do not have the education and resources to do it? This is all being done on fake money. It will run out, and like many who learned that you cannot buy a house t ...

http://thehill.com/house-polls/the-hill-anga-poll-week-1/122851-distaste-for-healthcare-law-crosses-party-lines ...

"While power has indeed shifted into the hands of the consumer when it comes to buying a car or choosing a restaurant, this revolution -- what Rothschild terms "Yelpification" -- hasn't, well, revolutionized health care. Writing in the New York Times, Ron Lieber attributed the lack of authoritative doctor reviews to patients' unwillingness to do the actual reviewing. The problem, he said, is one of basic supply and demand: "Many people want this information, and more consume ...

For the first year you won't even have to prove you need it. Come one, come all. We're using the honor system. OMG. I'm choking from laughter. link ...

or the people don't even know what they're talking about on the live chat option. I suspect the former, from the recent chat session I had on there. Will try calling in, but I suspect that's going to get me about the same results. That website is about as useful as decaf coffee. Applied, account registered, get a message of "The Marketplace is transferring your information to the Medicaid to see if you qualify to get more health services." Get an email that says you hav ...

Not for those who are too impatient to read anything longer than a paragraph. While our earnings are being ground into dust, the HC providers we ultimately work for are marking up everything they deliver by 300%, 400% and more, making outsize profits and paying obscene salaries to executives. Example: A patient charged $1.50 for a generic Tylenol pill when you can buy a bottle of 200 for $4.00 from Walmart (2 cents a pill). https://www.walmart.com/ip/39661523 ...that's ...

the people, want. Princeton University studywhich found that the wishes of the public have no impact whatsoever on US policy making, while there is a near-direct relationship between the wishes of moneyed interests and US policy making. ...

let the flaming begin . . . . ...

Almost a half million votes. Take a look at the anger percentage. Hope this prompts dissent and people tell them they will not comply. This bill is blatantly unconstitutional. http://politics.newsvine.com/_question/2010/03/21/4048693-the-house-has-passed-an-historic-health-care-overhaul-are-you-excited-or-angry ...

This one was introduced by Michele Bachmann. There is an article and link to a petition with more than 20,000 signatures and 100 members of Congress on board in one day already. Also, a link to a poll showing Congress with a 76% disapproval rating. http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=131029 ...

I keep hearing commercials from people running for office, saying that they will put a stop to "Obama-care" or being so proud that they voted against it. I just don't get it. Everything I have heard, like being covered even if you have a preexisting condition, not being dropped when you get sick, covering kids until the age of 26, no lifetime caps, etc. all sounds great and consumer friendly. Why are candidates appealing to the public to vote for them and they will fight it? Why do ...

VA Hospital May Have Exposed 1,800 Vets to HIV ST. LOUIS, Mo. — More than 1,800 veterans may have been exposed to several potentially deadly viruses including HIV after they received dental work at a St. Louis-area VA hospital. On Tuesday, The John Cochran Division of the St. Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center began sending out letters to 1,812 veterans who were treated at the facility from February 2009 to March 2010. According to a statement from the VA, the den ...

Great article about healthcare giant, HCA. HCA was founded by Thomas Frist Jr., brother of former senator William Frist. It is now owned by three private equity firms, one of which is Bain Capital. In 2010, while the rest of the economy was tanking, the three buyout firms benefited to the tune of 1 billion dollars each. Any thoughts about how this involvement impacts Mr. Romney's approach to healthcare reform? ...

Let's see how government healthcare is faring

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