Comments on: What is Bad Healthcare Reform?

By: Danielle

Danielle — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:13:07 +0000

The problem with this though is that IF they finally came around, no one would have any credit, because we all would have been sent to a collections agent by that point… Then what?

By: Caroline

Caroline — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:35:41 +0000

Did you know that Social Security is bankrupt, Phyllis? Did you know it’s a sinking ship, oops a sunken ship. Does that mean anything? That maybe it was not a good idea???

By: Caroline

Caroline — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:32:14 +0000

Many of you speak of the wonderful benefits you have received FREE and at much-reduced costs, good for you! But did you ever stop to think what it cost the rest of us? It costs much more to administer the program than to pay directly. You will cost the government (us… not the government!)one and a half times what your expense really costs on the open market. Do you think it’s smart to pay a dollar and a half for something that costs a dollar? Why don’t you start doing that with your own money at the cash register and tell me how long you continue that practice. EXACTLY! That’s why, on the whole economically-speaking, socialized medicine is a bad overall practice. And that’s not even touching upon any of the other reasons why socialized medicine is an evil. Check out every other society that has socialized medicine and research their situation. You will either find that they are socialist/communist or regret having chosen to introduce socialized medicine to their culture.

By: Gino

Gino — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:50:56 +0000

I agree with you !!

By: Gino

Gino — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:49:21 +0000

You all tell me if you think their is something wrong with this picute. I use to have great health care coverage, Aetna PPO which was provided by my employer. It truly was great indeed. But Aetna decided to raise their rates on this plan by as much of 42%!! 42% !!! Now, how do you justify that ? So doing this, this force my employer to go to a cheaper plan. What use to be a deductable of only $100.00 is now:
$1.500 dollars !!!!!! Just like that !!! And thats only the beginning. Once you get a medical bill lets say for $10.000 dollars. You owe 35% of that $10.000 dollars !! You tell me is that fair ? And to think that most rep. in our goverment think all is well and nothing should be done done about it. We need no heathcare reform. What are they insane ? !

By: Andreas Savva

Andreas Savva — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:34:47 +0000

I agree with Phyllis 100%.

Helthcarefor all now!

By: Marcia Everett

Marcia Everett — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:38:28 +0000

You only need those forms to compete with private insurance. Once we provide everything with our taxes, Those thousands of forms can be streamlined and even eliminated.

By: Bodryn

Bodryn — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:08:59 +0000

My Canadian fiancee broke her wrist and leg one Saturday morning while in Canada. The next morning she was in surgery and spent 5 or so weeks in rehab. Total cost: $165 for a wheelchair rental.

Later, I had a serious brain bleed due to high blood pressure – fortunately I had state-of-the-art health care in Canada, but not for free as I’m not a citizen. I thought I was covered by insurance – turned out my Prudential 80-20 plan paid only about 3%. Medicare won’t pay in Canada, and neither does the VA.

I would have done fine if my American health care months earlier had given me proper blood pressure medication, but I had a nurse practitioner at a place where pharmaceutical salesmen came and went every day. I was given sample drugs that worked poorly and had side effects, so I discontinued them and as a result had the brain bleed.

If Americans can’t get single payer, clearly the country is no longer a representative democracy, but something else. I think Americans now exist only for the profit of the corporations.

By: terkoz

terkoz — Sun, 17 May 2009 01:06:35 +0000

I have severe back problems, and I cannot get physically therapy which I badly needed…because it is not medically necessary as the good insurance says. I called up the insurance company, crying about the pain I am in, and they were sorry, but I had to wait 30 days (in pain) for an appeal that I am probably going to lose….I went to a chiropractor and for some reason, I was approved 8 visits…..I have touchtone health insurance, and I want to say..”don’t get it”…..

By: Rene DeMattei

Rene DeMattei — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:31:34 +0000

The single payer plan means that the money that we pay into it (far less than the $900 a month my employer’s plan requires) goes MOSTLY to my healthcare (and yours) instead of into the pockets of CEOs with multimillion dollar salaries. How many clients paying into Blue Cross does it take JUST to pay the CEO? How many more clients’ money goes to paying for the employees that are told to deny as many claims as possible and REFUSE to insure the people who actually need it? Single Payer is completely different from HMOs and socialized medicine. I still get to pick my Dr who is private. It’s only the payment that comes through the government. I think it’s obvious to anyone who uses a private insurance program that the private insurance companies are in it for themselves, not for their clients. Medicare and Medicaid, with all their problems, are better than private insurance companies who have forgotten that the CEOs and stockholders are NOT their only STAKEHOLDERS>