One of the biggest reasons the cost of health care in this nation has skyrocketed, and made the United States by far the most expensive industrialized nation in which to get health care, is corporate greed. Unlike every other country, which have outlawed the very concept of a for-profit primary care system, the American health care industry has been based on a fatally flawed model from the start - they are an industry which can only make a profit by denying its customers the very thing that they pay the industry for. By denying coverage, the industry profits.
The Health Care Reform Law does not solve the problem. But it does force the industry to change their m.o. and actually spend most of their money on the service they are supposed to provide, and that is a very, very good thing. This year alone the American public will receive more than a billion dollars in rebates because of this provision.
The real game-changer in "Obamacare". Good thing or bad thing?
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ProudProgressive 2012/07/04 13:54:37
One of the correlations employers discovered more than 3 decades ago, was the better the coverage they provided, the 'sicker' their employees got. This behavior has been applying constant upward pressure on the cost of medical services, and the rise in premiums. Over the last decade there has been increased pressure by employers to pass these increases along to the employees.
As costs go up, there WILL be rationing of health care. Either price will lower demand, or regulatory rationing will control the supply. Take your pick.
For every dollar you send to Washington, administrative costs absorb more than half. What actually gets to the patient in the form of care is a mere fraction of the cost.
In spite of all the government's claims, they cannot nor have they the incentive to spend your money better than you. The only good riddance you are assured is the riddance of your disposable income.
The US government won WW-II and the cold war, created the internet, and got us to the moon. And try sending a letter by FedEx for 47 cents.
Even your 47-cent letter is a sham. Operating without a budget tends to camouflage a number of things. If you look just below the radar, you will find your tax dollars are propping up that price. Postal bailout funding added to that 47-cents considerably change the true cost.
Your taxes are supporting the premium services as well. The three percent overhead may be the departmental charge, but the cost of getting that dollar to medicare still must be paid by you, the taxpayer... unless of course, you don't pay taxes, as most of us do.
The postal service is self-funding. It's actually subsidizing other government retirement funds at the moment.
And the internet started as ARPANET, created by the Defense Dept.
National Healthcare, Earth Warming, Illegal aliens Dream Act who are over running this country and others, open borders, World Unions, Wanting all countries to come under U.N. authority, Worldwide wealth distribution, why you are seeing jobs leaving the U.S., so we will become equal to the other World Unions, which will change to a One World Order with he Pope ruling the world from Jerusalem. Who made the U.S. the policeman of the world, one guess.
The Pope told Western Europe to come unite under their Christian heritage and go over to Socialism, which Fascism was the pet of the Pope which started WW2, and this Social Reform or Justice was started by them in the 1800's, and that is all you hear about today.
This is just a drop in the bucket to what is really going on not only here but in the whole world at this time.
Like I said, you need help. I pity you.
I can live with that.
SO can I.
2. Having your children covered by your coverage till they are 26 years of age.
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But I didn't think it went far enough until I read the article mentioned in the poll.
I am no more trusting of or a fan of the insurance companies than I am of Washington Mutual, B of A, Chase, Wachovia, etc..
Crooked organizations who are in business (or were) solely to screw over the people.
Why should I trust them?