Maybe that accounts for the hollow sound when you tap your temple? :o)
I'm fairly apolitical and don't join debates. My only comments about health care, and I haven't followed any of the arguments or even the bill itself, are these- It was always used as a perk, and all but the lowest of jobs or self-employed seemed to tout it. It became HMO during the eighties as a way to 'cut costs' and spiraled downhill since, to the point that those that lost some benefits or had to pay something began demanding that everyone should lose some benefits and have to pay something. No kidding, where is the logic to "well, I have to pay something now so anyone who gets free health care is a leech. Everyone should suffer!" ?
You're forgetting the DEATH PANELS!!!!!!!!111111111111
I miss my Canuckian health care dearly. It's such a pain in the ass down here dealing with copays & billing. The amount of paperwork is staggering. I'm fortunate that I have double health coverage & one of those medical accounts so all my recent injury stuff will be paid for. Eventually. Did I mention the paperwork? Ugh.
I'm hovering on the edge of bankruptcy from the bills for my shoulder even though I had insurance. From what I can tell, the new bill won't change anything for me. But it will require people to get insurance and prevent insurance companies from refusing coverage. That means everybody can enjoy massive co-payments and uncovered percentages... and the only people who will get treated for free at county hospitals any more will be illegal immigrants.
Oh yeah... and it will be legal now to raise rates on old people because they get sick more often.
I had assumed that if everyone was to be covered, the fees would be nominal. And I had assumed (again) that you were OK with your shoulder injury because you were working and had insurance....
My insurance paid about 2/3 of the bills. With the incredible cost of a hospital visit now days, the remaining 1/3 is still way more than we can pay off.
The bill may be good for some people. Mostly those who have chronic illnesses or medical conditions that would have prevented them from getting insurance.
As far as I can tell the ones who really benefit are the insurance companies. Everyone will be required to buy health insurance or pay a monthly fine for non-compliance. $700 is the figure I keep hearing, though with so much dis-information floating around, it's hard to tell.
We'll see... if I live that long! (The effects don't kick in until 2014!)
I'd have been homeless if I had to pay for some of the health problems I had years ago. Utterly homeless.
I don't truly believe the fear-spinners are Republican though. Honestly, they are about as 'Republican' as someone who beats their child bloody with a bible is 'Christian'. They are corporate whores. Nothing more. They stand for capital gain and control, and it scares the hell out of them that they'll lose the lucrative business of bankrupting people for being ill.
We don't have a perfect system in Canada, but its kept a roof over my head, even with its bumps and pitfalls.
Sadly this won't be the end of the debate though. When the loonies get put back in office, they plan on yanking health care away from everyone again.
Honestly, I'm tired of hearing both sides prattle on about the subject.
For years now I've been trying to figure out, at least in my own mind, what ought to be done to the current US system to make it work. It's broken, sure enough. Anyone can see that. How to credibly fix it is the hard part.
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Maybe that accounts for the hollow sound when you tap your temple? :o)
I'm fairly apolitical and don't join debates. My only comments about health care, and I haven't followed any of the arguments or even the bill itself, are these- It was always used as a perk, and all but the lowest of jobs or self-employed seemed to tout it. It became HMO during the eighties as a way to 'cut costs' and spiraled downhill since, to the point that those that lost some benefits or had to pay something began demanding that everyone should lose some benefits and have to pay something. No kidding, where is the logic to "well, I have to pay something now so anyone who gets free health care is a leech. Everyone should suffer!" ?
I don't subscribe to that logic.
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I miss my Canuckian health care dearly. It's such a pain in the ass down here dealing with copays & billing. The amount of paperwork is staggering. I'm fortunate that I have double health coverage & one of those medical accounts so all my recent injury stuff will be paid for. Eventually. Did I mention the paperwork? Ugh.
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Oh yeah... and it will be legal now to raise rates on old people because they get sick more often.
hurray
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That's crazy!?
I had assumed that if everyone was to be covered, the fees would be nominal.
And I had assumed (again) that you were OK with your shoulder injury because you were working and had insurance....
Damn it, I thought this was a good thing.
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The bill may be good for some people. Mostly those who have chronic illnesses or medical conditions that would have prevented them from getting insurance.
As far as I can tell the ones who really benefit are the insurance companies. Everyone will be required to buy health insurance or pay a monthly fine for non-compliance. $700 is the figure I keep hearing, though with so much dis-information floating around, it's hard to tell.
We'll see... if I live that long! (The effects don't kick in until 2014!)
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I don't truly believe the fear-spinners are Republican though. Honestly, they are about as 'Republican' as someone who beats their child bloody with a bible is 'Christian'. They are corporate whores. Nothing more. They stand for capital gain and control, and it scares the hell out of them that they'll lose the lucrative business of bankrupting people for being ill.
We don't have a perfect system in Canada, but its kept a roof over my head, even with its bumps and pitfalls.
Sadly this won't be the end of the debate though. When the loonies get put back in office, they plan on yanking health care away from everyone again.
Honestly, I'm tired of hearing both sides prattle on about the subject.
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