Place Your Bets: Public or Private Healthcare?

[andreaknoll]

Just returned from Vegas, a city that's been devastated by the recession more than most. At best employers are using news of the economic downturn to force wage and benefit cuts on their staff (the folks at the hotel I stayed at for example had recently kissed goodbye to their 401Ks and were providing stellar service with a gritted teeth smile for

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[droewyn]

I honestly don't understand the "there aren't enough doctors" argument. Because, to me, it sounds like they're saying that if everyone were insured and actually went to the doctors, that the additional wait would be an inconvenience. Therefore, it's better to let poor people die so "I" don't have to schedule my physical in advance.

If there's another way to interpret that argument, I'd really like to hear it.

With the current situation...

[sctechsorceress]

It really doesn't matter how many doctors there are, it matters how many my insurance plan approves of. So, when my primary thought I had Rheumatoid Arthritis, it took two years+ to get an appointment with a specialist, who just wanted me to go for another round of 'test for everything else it might be'.

I had to wait because she was the only one in her specialty approved by my insurer. And this for a disease that is best treated as early as possible.