Haha, nice. Are you somehow implying that I'm undeserving of being an American because I choose to live abroad? If I were to wave a flag and say, "Amurricuh is the greatest country in the world!", would that increase my standing? Could I be a real American then?
Again, drama much?
This boggles my mind. and that the government is trampling on your rights by forcing you to have it.
What boggles your mind doesn't interest me.
I don't want government to tell me to do anything. I'll make up my own mind. Period.
No, this is where the government plan kicks in. If you are unable to find decent health insurance, according to the bill you will be able to purchase a low-cost plan from the government-run insurance plan if you fail to find a decent private one. There is always a choice.
Misinformed you obviously are. There is no government run plan. The single payer option was taken out. There will be no low cost plan. There is no choice. Some may...
MAY...qualify for Medicaid if their income is low enough ($14,404 for individuals and $29,326 for a family of 4). Other than that long shot, you won't have insurance if you can't afford it and you will be fined regardless.
The fact that you haven't done the research on this means you're BSing it. Which pretty much negates anything you have to say about it.
Also, not everyone is an entitlement whore. There are poor people in the US in dire need of health care and if they are able to get it this way, that's fine with me. If someone else has to forgo buying another plasma television for their house in order to make this work, too fucking bad.
Of course it's fine with you, you no longer pay taxes here.
l like my plasma tv and my 85 mph boat. But, l want a boat that goes 100. I would rather spend my $ on that than giving free healthcare to some crackhead. I made good decisions with my life to have what I've
earned. That crackhead fucked up his. I don't want invasive government to fuck up mine.
Yet again, more knee-jerk reactions. You're absolutely sure this is going to happen, aren't you?
I can only go by what my friends in the medical field have told me about their feelings on the situation. Below are some messages from these people...
"As many of you guys know, I am an practicing anesthesiologist. I work in a large level I trauma center. I've been very attentive to the healthcare debate. Needless to say, I am dissapointed with the vote congress took last night. I would like to share my concerns.
My main concern is for the care than my parents will receive under medicare as a result of this bill. The will reach 65 in two years. I'm not certain our country will be around when I'm 65 without a change in direction. You cannot decrease medicare spending by half a trillion dollars and not expect to compromise care. The principal means of Medicare expenditure reduction in the Senate bill are mediated through reductions in payments for physician services. Medicare and medicaid already pay for my services at a rate of 33% of what private insurance pays. How much lower do you believe reimbursement rates can go before caring for medicare patients becomes cost prohibitive.
Also, in regards to cost, this bill takes into account the SGR or sustainable growth rate which reduces payments from medicare yearly. This year, the reduction was planned for 21%. However, since I have been involved in medicine, I have yet to see the SGR actually take effect. It is "fixed" yearly in legislative scramble to keep payments where they are and Nancy Pelosi has said there will be a "doc fix", which would erase the savings from SGR on a permanent basis. I don't know why this hasn't received any media coverage.
Thus, with the current bill, one of two scenarios will develop. Either seniors will get limited/substandard care because the money isn't there, or this plan will bankrupt our nation. I am positively not alone in my view. I don't know a single physician who doesn't think we need some type of reform, but I also don't know a single physician who likes this plan. Below is a list of medical societies who opposed the current bill. This compromises about 200,000 physcicians. BTW, the AMA only makes up about 15% of practicing docs. Take a look at it and see if you think there is need for concern.
American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
American College of Osteopathic Surgeons
American College of Surgeons
American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics
American Society of Anesthesiologists
American Society of Breast Surgeons
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
American Urological Association
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Society for Vascular Surgery
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
Society of Gynecologic Oncologists"
"My father is a retired Hospital administrator, Sister is an RN, Bro is a heart surgeon...
I don't know all of the intricacies of the bill (I doubt anyone understands it all unless they are medical professionals).
But the consensus among the medical professionals that dad, sis and bro talk about is not good.
Bro inlaw also has a mechanical engineering degree for one of his undergrads schools and is seriously thinking about leaving medicine for something else.
Good doctors leaving the profession will make the Govt health care similar to VA hospitals and give us another AmTrak or USPS to fund for the rest of our lives."
"As a ************** rep for 12 years this is what I have seen. Most offices already limit the number of non-commercial insurance patients b/c of reimbursement rates. I would assume that if those rates go down, they will limit that number to a greater degree which means that the offices that do accept medicare and medicaid will be overwhelmed. "
But, if members of your family make over 250k (or was it 200k?, 150k?, who knows they keep dropping it!) their taxes go up immediately. Don't worry though because we all will have to pay higher taxes eventually to pay for this catastrophe. Those making over 250k won't be enough. It's the government after all running this thing. And everybody knows it always costs more than the government says it will. It's not their $ they're spending anyway. Why should they care?
