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fraud in health care system
Posted: Mar 13, 2010
It is estimated that there is at least 100 billion dollars health care fraud annually. There are truly needy people and they should be helped. But there are also many people who don't have health insurance because they just do not want to pay premiums, use their money for other things instead, when they could pay and are able to pay. This is just not right and this needs to be stopped, and that should make a dent in health care costs. Why not go after the health care fraud in an aggressive manner and punish the people committing the fraud, jail time.
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That is exactly what president Obama announced....sm - oldtimer
[ In Reply To ..]this week.
Obama needs to look into the abuse..ie, Medicaid/Medicare - instead of CUTTING those programs.
[ In Reply To ..]Tort reform also. Where is his common sense? Oh, yeah, doesnt have any.
Did you even read the link? He is doing exactly what ...sm - oldtimer
[ In Reply To ..]you just said you wanted. You must be a member of the "NO" PARTY. He will be cutting the Medicare and Medicaid budget by eliminating fraud and waste. I would think that it would make you happy! No? Then please tell me what would.
No.. I have read DEEPER than you, apparently. - He is cutting benefits -fact !.nm
[ In Reply To ..]nm
NOT! nm - anona
[ In Reply To ..].
Why can't he attack fraud, waste, and abuse first, before totally overhauling our system? - Anon
[ In Reply To ..]Maybe because his goal is for the government to control even more of our lives than it already does.
Especially since "we're broke," as Zero said last summer.
There is no winning at this game that - you are playing
[ In Reply To ..]http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-february-24-2010/summit-s-eve
Excuse me? No games here. That would be YOU playing games.nm - MN
[ In Reply To ..]nm
I am not playing anything. I am stating the - obvious. And there is no
[ In Reply To ..]excuse for your ilk.
Spoken like a true elitist. Did you learn that from - Obama? (and where is HIS excuse?)
[ In Reply To ..]Oh, I remember. Its all Bushs fault. I hope the future of America does not learn from this disrespectul unpatriotic so-called American.
It is painfully obvious you are just someone - who for whatever reason
[ In Reply To ..]is hell-bent on picking a fight. You have clearly no interest in actual conversation. I am FAR from an elitist, but I have to say, you have that nose-in-the-air, I-know-better-than-you elitist feel about you. Perhaps you need to look in the mirror. And, you had better not be referring to me when you say "disrespectful, unpatriotic so-called American."
LOL. Boy, do you sure have it wrong, again.nm - :)
[ In Reply To ..]nm
Nope. I have it exactly right-but I don't expect - you to admit it.
[ In Reply To ..]nm
If announcements were horses politicians would be - jockeys.
[ In Reply To ..]Announcement schannouncement. Obama blew it. He should have gone after fraud in EXISTING programs first and PROVEN THAT THE GOVERNMENT COULD ELIMINATE THE WASTE. Then he should have eliminated the inefficiencies in EXISTING programs and PROVEN THAT THE GOVERNMENT COULD ADMINISTER SOMETHING PROPERLY FOR A CHANGE.
Had he done these two things, his healthcare program would be a slam dunk because THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT NO ONE BELIEVES, and are the MAIN reasons that most Americans reject ANY takeover of healthcare by the government, no matter what form it takes.
Interestingly, there is only ONE program in government healthcare that has come in under budget instead of being way OVER budget. I'll let you identify the program and why it supports the notion that competitive market forces, if allowed to operate freely, and not government intervention, can keep costs down.
The nanny state doesn't cut it, never has and never will. No matter how many failed socialist schemes you can point to, the leftist loonies will never, never, never get it. They keep hoping that THEIR permutation of the nanny state will succeed, although it flies in the face of the evidence. Surely, there's some slavering leftist dictator (Chavez?) who would welcome them with open arms, so why (I ask quite seriously) don't they GO THERE and embrace their destiny?
What's that? Oh, you say they really don't care for their chances of a happy life under Chavez? You say they LIKE shopping where the market forces offer Walmarts and Safeways? You say they are happy taking YOUR money while they cling to their own like wallpaper sticks to the wall? You say that you doubt that one of them has taken the opportunity to send more than their "fair" share of taxes to Washington (which you CAN do)?
Oh, silly me.
Pardon me while I throw up. nm - anon
[ In Reply To ..],
Bravo! Great answer. Wish the left would have common sense.nm - howdy
[ In Reply To ..]nm
Care to comment on China's economy? - jjm
[ In Reply To ..]Let's hear what you have to say about it.
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