Of course, if we go, we go, although if someone is suffering, we must not have to sell our home then they wanted the whole block of homes and now they want the whole neighborhood to pay for helping and caring.
I was referring to medical debt being the cause of increased bankruptcy. Cost for health care will work for all with single payer, universal & or expanded and improved Medicare 4 All
Which is why I now refuse medical "care." After encountering literally every expensive shenanigan as reported in this Substack over the years, just decided to forego any of it. Not playing the game anymore. I am not unique in this decision, by the way. If I go, I go.
I have to assume Mr. Potter is contractually prevented from disclosing the misrepresentation in health insurance. Because the Provider Contracts that all in-network providers sign require that: 1.) We get all the care OUR doctor prescribes as necessary care, 2.) The provider bill only the insurer, and 3.) The provider accept whatever the insurer CHOOSES to pay, including zero, as payment in-full. All black-letter contract law. See my most recent Substack post on the hidden rules of health insurance. Frank Lobb <www.killAbill.com>
Please please please stop using Wendell's own coined phrase of "Medicare for All"
(which also has been repeated by Bernie Sanders to the point where everyone - especially those who favor universal health care - are darn sick of it). MEDICARE is hands down THE WORST idea ever because as it exists now it creates exponentially more medical care delivery and financial problems than solutions. People hear "Medicare for All" and the first thing they think about is how badly Medicare has FAILED its mission, meanwhile robbing patients and their families to the point of medical bankruptcies. When pollsters ask sample populations if they are in favor of "Medicare for All" they respond with a shouted emphatic NO. Yet even if right wing voters are asked about "universal health care" they are FAR more likely to respond positively!
If Medicare has become a "dirty word", it is through the efforts, over the years by both "major" parties to whittle away at it, in the name of cutting "entitlements" so we can "balance our budget" .... with the purpose of getting folks, like the ones you refer to, to buy the BS that the private sector, insurance companies, can do it better - that's what the ACA was for, a gift to insurance companies. I watched the Sen committee hearings when healthcare was discussed years ago, with Baucus running the show, when physicians, members of PNHP, were "escorted" from the chamber when they protested the lack of anyone promoting M4A on the panel testifying before the Committee.
And then MedAdv came on the scene, as well - another subsidy for the private insurance companies who run that scheme - if you want to see some complaints, check out the number of folks who have been disadvantaged, in terms of cost, care, etc by that program - and now there is talk of making it the "default" program for those who become eligible for Med ... welcome to my parlor said the spider to the fly.
Is Potter for "universal healthcare", I don't see that phrase mentioned in his post. Are you?
M4A, as a proposal to extend Medicare to everyone with significant improvements in coverage (vision, dental, etc.) with no deductibles, co-pays, nor premiums, with choice of physicians, hospitals, etc. - neither the ACA, nor MedAdv provide for that, and Medicaid isn't "for all" - there are certain qualifications, including funds from any State where it applies - which some States won't provide ...
I think you ask a good question. Have you considered attending the webinar he's going to be hosting, which is mentioned in the article? I would be interested in his response. ANY type of insurance has to have people paying in to support their own and others needs. Whether it's private insurance or the dodgy Medicare (dis)Advantage plans, people pay in but it is high out of pocket costs that poison the situation either way.
Of course, if we go, we go, although if someone is suffering, we must not have to sell our home then they wanted the whole block of homes and now they want the whole neighborhood to pay for helping and caring.
I was referring to medical debt being the cause of increased bankruptcy. Cost for health care will work for all with single payer, universal & or expanded and improved Medicare 4 All
No one is having to “sell their home” if they have insurance. That’s simply not true.
Which is why I now refuse medical "care." After encountering literally every expensive shenanigan as reported in this Substack over the years, just decided to forego any of it. Not playing the game anymore. I am not unique in this decision, by the way. If I go, I go.
I have to assume Mr. Potter is contractually prevented from disclosing the misrepresentation in health insurance. Because the Provider Contracts that all in-network providers sign require that: 1.) We get all the care OUR doctor prescribes as necessary care, 2.) The provider bill only the insurer, and 3.) The provider accept whatever the insurer CHOOSES to pay, including zero, as payment in-full. All black-letter contract law. See my most recent Substack post on the hidden rules of health insurance. Frank Lobb <www.killAbill.com>
I had car accident so far a 3 hr visit to ER has cost over $67,000
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Just watched this - webinar on M4A VG!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piBBi1BOha0
Sorry, Wendell - what you propose is a band-aid, another "tweak" to that fundamentally flawed ACA - What we need is M4A ....
What happened to you? I am really disappointed, as I used to be a fan ...
People want expanded and improved Medicare 4 All, Universal Health, single payer. Republicans have been obstructing ALL above since 1965
Indeed, that's what we want and need, but I am afraid it is not only Rep.s who stand in the way :(
Please please please stop using Wendell's own coined phrase of "Medicare for All"
(which also has been repeated by Bernie Sanders to the point where everyone - especially those who favor universal health care - are darn sick of it). MEDICARE is hands down THE WORST idea ever because as it exists now it creates exponentially more medical care delivery and financial problems than solutions. People hear "Medicare for All" and the first thing they think about is how badly Medicare has FAILED its mission, meanwhile robbing patients and their families to the point of medical bankruptcies. When pollsters ask sample populations if they are in favor of "Medicare for All" they respond with a shouted emphatic NO. Yet even if right wing voters are asked about "universal health care" they are FAR more likely to respond positively!
The failure is hugely the fault of for -profit private health insurance companies, corporations & lobbyists.
If Medicare has become a "dirty word", it is through the efforts, over the years by both "major" parties to whittle away at it, in the name of cutting "entitlements" so we can "balance our budget" .... with the purpose of getting folks, like the ones you refer to, to buy the BS that the private sector, insurance companies, can do it better - that's what the ACA was for, a gift to insurance companies. I watched the Sen committee hearings when healthcare was discussed years ago, with Baucus running the show, when physicians, members of PNHP, were "escorted" from the chamber when they protested the lack of anyone promoting M4A on the panel testifying before the Committee.
And then MedAdv came on the scene, as well - another subsidy for the private insurance companies who run that scheme - if you want to see some complaints, check out the number of folks who have been disadvantaged, in terms of cost, care, etc by that program - and now there is talk of making it the "default" program for those who become eligible for Med ... welcome to my parlor said the spider to the fly.
Is Potter for "universal healthcare", I don't see that phrase mentioned in his post. Are you?
M4A, as a proposal to extend Medicare to everyone with significant improvements in coverage (vision, dental, etc.) with no deductibles, co-pays, nor premiums, with choice of physicians, hospitals, etc. - neither the ACA, nor MedAdv provide for that, and Medicaid isn't "for all" - there are certain qualifications, including funds from any State where it applies - which some States won't provide ...
I don’t want Medicare, I want single payer.
I think you ask a good question. Have you considered attending the webinar he's going to be hosting, which is mentioned in the article? I would be interested in his response. ANY type of insurance has to have people paying in to support their own and others needs. Whether it's private insurance or the dodgy Medicare (dis)Advantage plans, people pay in but it is high out of pocket costs that poison the situation either way.
Medicare is funded by payroll taxes paid by most employees, employers, and people who are self-employed -
So yeah, we pay for our own and others needs from dedicated Trust Funds
We keep being told that those "trust funds" will run out of money - but that can be fixed - if that is what Potter is proposing, great!