We all need to unite under a single payer policy to get rid of all this nonsense. We don't need to subsidize the health insurance industrial complex any more that the decades past. We tried it their way, it's time for single payer universal health care. United we can do this! Speak out!
I completely agree. A single-payer, government plan is the only one that would truly benefit all Americans. I can never figure out why some people would prefer an unhealthy population over a healthy one. Good health and medical care for everyone benefits all.
Wiley your statistics are wrong. I don’t know where you got those US wait times, but they are way off.
There’s no way you can get a specialist appointment in 3 weeks here. And you can get an MRI here quickly only if you can afford to pay out of pocket. To get your insurance to COVER an MRI will take back and forth denials and appeals for weeks, then you have to cover your annual deductible which may be 7500$+.
I don’t think you’ve ever lived in a European country making statements like these. If there’s an emergency, or serious accident or illness Europeans don’t wait for anything, they go to the front of the line. If you have migraines, there may be a queue for MRI, with a longer wait time. ( plus in the US insurance won’t cover MRI for migraines until you’ve done multiple other treatments)
Other high resource countries just have their priorities laid out, and providing care to all is their A1 priority.
We could have that same priority if we are bold enough
And California Governor Newsom has now proposed restoring a maximum asset test/rule for Medicaid (known as MediCal in California). That test limited the amount of assets (which could be savings or home equity as well as other vehicles) one could have to qualify for Medicaid to $2000.
This test previously existed but was eliminated several years ago. When that asset test existed many people who owned homes would not apply for MediCal even though eligible based on income.
Yes, let the poor and underemployed Americans lose their health subsidies, so that the Have Mores can buy more Have More Yachts.
I seem to remember that Jesus healed the sick in the Bible. What is wrong with so-called Christian Republicans? Did they miss that part of the Bible teachings?
Shame on all of them.
Don't call us the greatest country in the world. Call it the sickest country in the world.
Please explain to Cheryl and your other readers that insurers CAN'T change coverage, because they CAN'T change their state approved SECRET provider agreements that have defined the care and coverage we are owed for the last 30-years. Insurers have just been extremely good at getting the American public to BELIEVE an insurer can change and deny coverage whenever they want. So, once again, PLEASE tell me where I'm wrong. Because, the issue isn't private or public healthcare, it's HONESTY!- - - Frank Lobb at <killAbill.com>
All of a sudden it's "save the ACA" when we start to see what things will be like without it. While single payer universal healthcare is the goal, things can get far worse than the current status quo. Don't believe me? Read the article and wait and see what happens over the next four years.
Once again, this OP is spreading highly narrated misinformation in order to prop up his boomer cronies.
He never mentions how the boomers are the single largest and most expensive consumers of healthcare.
Instead he tries to distract you with tales of the poor and lower middle class losing everything (not true) when really it’s him and his friends that consume the most, overwhelming the current system with demand, which drives up costs.
Mr Potter, you yourself have stated that Obamacare has been a failure that has further entrenched and enriched the private healthcare insurance industry. I watched you express this sentiment in an YouTube podcast stream where you also stated your desire for the ACA Marketplace to be repealed or scuttled by Congress because its continued existence acts as a barrier to "true reform" which you characterize as a single-payer national health insurance system.
This is why I find this post from you contradictory. Over the past few years you have pointed out the troubling aspects of the ACA that have contributed to excessive healthcare utilization and escalating healthcare costs because insurance companies on the exchange are guaranteed a 10-15% profit margin. Your reasoning is that this guaranteed margin aligned the insurance industry's profit driven interests with an ever growing healthcare spending pie. In other words, just as oil companies make more money the higherr crude oil prices rise, private healthcare insurance companies benefit from the same snowballing effect.
Obamacare is indeed a failure. It was a gift to the insurance industry. Just look at their stock returns since 2010 or 2014. Don't you find it absurd that the ACA insurance exchanges are essentially Potemkin “villages” creating the illusion of a “free market” solution with billions of government subsidies paid directly to massively profitable private corporations?
The Bronze plans have always been equivalent to catastrophic care insurance, however they benefit the insured even before they have reached the dedictible by allowing them to pay much lower fees (negotiated by the insurers) than the uninsured.
Many times, those without any coverage get egregiously gouged, paying much higher fees and prescription prices than ANY insurer would ever contact for.
In that case, pay cash. Shop around. The market is the most effective way to keep prices low through competition. 3rd party payment has grotesquely distorted it.
We all need to unite under a single payer policy to get rid of all this nonsense. We don't need to subsidize the health insurance industrial complex any more that the decades past. We tried it their way, it's time for single payer universal health care. United we can do this! Speak out!
I completely agree. A single-payer, government plan is the only one that would truly benefit all Americans. I can never figure out why some people would prefer an unhealthy population over a healthy one. Good health and medical care for everyone benefits all.
Be careful what you wish for. This is what socialized medicine looks like:
1. MRI Scans:
Median wait time: ~11 weeks (77 days) in Canada; 1-3 days in the U.S.
In some provinces (like New Brunswick or Nova Scotia), waits can exceed 6 months.
2. Specialist Consultations:
Family doctor to specialist: ~12.6 weeks in Canada; ~ 3 weeks in the U.S
Total wait from referral to treatment: ~27.7 weeks (over 6 months) in Canada
Varies widely by specialty—orthopedics and neurosurgery have some of the longest waits.
3. Elective or Necessary Surgeries (e.g., joint replacements, cancer surgeries):
Average wait from GP referral to surgery: ~27 weeks in Canada; 2 - 5 weeks in the U.S.
Wiley your statistics are wrong. I don’t know where you got those US wait times, but they are way off.
There’s no way you can get a specialist appointment in 3 weeks here. And you can get an MRI here quickly only if you can afford to pay out of pocket. To get your insurance to COVER an MRI will take back and forth denials and appeals for weeks, then you have to cover your annual deductible which may be 7500$+.
I don’t think you’ve ever lived in a European country making statements like these. If there’s an emergency, or serious accident or illness Europeans don’t wait for anything, they go to the front of the line. If you have migraines, there may be a queue for MRI, with a longer wait time. ( plus in the US insurance won’t cover MRI for migraines until you’ve done multiple other treatments)
Other high resource countries just have their priorities laid out, and providing care to all is their A1 priority.
We could have that same priority if we are bold enough
And California Governor Newsom has now proposed restoring a maximum asset test/rule for Medicaid (known as MediCal in California). That test limited the amount of assets (which could be savings or home equity as well as other vehicles) one could have to qualify for Medicaid to $2000.
This test previously existed but was eliminated several years ago. When that asset test existed many people who owned homes would not apply for MediCal even though eligible based on income.
Yes, let the poor and underemployed Americans lose their health subsidies, so that the Have Mores can buy more Have More Yachts.
I seem to remember that Jesus healed the sick in the Bible. What is wrong with so-called Christian Republicans? Did they miss that part of the Bible teachings?
Shame on all of them.
Don't call us the greatest country in the world. Call it the sickest country in the world.
It no longer seems unintentional. Nor a topic of remorse for those voting to implement it.
It's cheaper to die! Stay well, my friends.
Mr. Potter:
Please explain to Cheryl and your other readers that insurers CAN'T change coverage, because they CAN'T change their state approved SECRET provider agreements that have defined the care and coverage we are owed for the last 30-years. Insurers have just been extremely good at getting the American public to BELIEVE an insurer can change and deny coverage whenever they want. So, once again, PLEASE tell me where I'm wrong. Because, the issue isn't private or public healthcare, it's HONESTY!- - - Frank Lobb at <killAbill.com>
All of a sudden it's "save the ACA" when we start to see what things will be like without it. While single payer universal healthcare is the goal, things can get far worse than the current status quo. Don't believe me? Read the article and wait and see what happens over the next four years.
Once again, this OP is spreading highly narrated misinformation in order to prop up his boomer cronies.
He never mentions how the boomers are the single largest and most expensive consumers of healthcare.
Instead he tries to distract you with tales of the poor and lower middle class losing everything (not true) when really it’s him and his friends that consume the most, overwhelming the current system with demand, which drives up costs.
Don’t be fooled by this guy.
You're right. I won't go to any place that won't tell me the price prior to delivering the service.
Mr Potter, you yourself have stated that Obamacare has been a failure that has further entrenched and enriched the private healthcare insurance industry. I watched you express this sentiment in an YouTube podcast stream where you also stated your desire for the ACA Marketplace to be repealed or scuttled by Congress because its continued existence acts as a barrier to "true reform" which you characterize as a single-payer national health insurance system.
This is why I find this post from you contradictory. Over the past few years you have pointed out the troubling aspects of the ACA that have contributed to excessive healthcare utilization and escalating healthcare costs because insurance companies on the exchange are guaranteed a 10-15% profit margin. Your reasoning is that this guaranteed margin aligned the insurance industry's profit driven interests with an ever growing healthcare spending pie. In other words, just as oil companies make more money the higherr crude oil prices rise, private healthcare insurance companies benefit from the same snowballing effect.
Obamacare is indeed a failure. It was a gift to the insurance industry. Just look at their stock returns since 2010 or 2014. Don't you find it absurd that the ACA insurance exchanges are essentially Potemkin “villages” creating the illusion of a “free market” solution with billions of government subsidies paid directly to massively profitable private corporations?
Let the Republicans gut this turkey.
The Bronze plans have always been equivalent to catastrophic care insurance, however they benefit the insured even before they have reached the dedictible by allowing them to pay much lower fees (negotiated by the insurers) than the uninsured.
Many times these "negotiated fees" are actually higher than the cash price.
Many times, those without any coverage get egregiously gouged, paying much higher fees and prescription prices than ANY insurer would ever contact for.
In that case, pay cash. Shop around. The market is the most effective way to keep prices low through competition. 3rd party payment has grotesquely distorted it.