Reality Check - health care

[Charliesmom]

Everyone can get free birth control right now. Little good it seems to do, though. I about croaked a few months ago when they had a young white woman on TV that said that they were not longer going to offer free birth control at her college and how terrible it was and that she was just going to have less sex now, because she can't afford contraception. These are the same people who have no problem spending money on alcohol and LARGE amounts of it. Last time I looked any alcohol is a lot more expensive than birth control pills or condoms. People just want someone else to pay for the "necessities" so they have more money for the fun things in life.

I know Ina! You don't agree with me, right?

 

[pabusinesswoman]

Well.. I don't necessarily agree with too much in that form.. here is why. I have personally read several of the bills proposed by the current administration... still working on this whole one being over 1000 pgs. In many instances, what is said though the sources the White House has been using... and what is in the bills are complete opposites of the spectrum. Again, this info. is gained from reading the actual bills proposed. They are not going to post the bad points of the bill.. no good sales man would. They want the bad stuff to go under the radar. In some the verbage is left open that administrators could take some of these in very bad directions. That is the biggest concerns.

Second if the bills are so great, why the mad rush to pass this stuff without allowing people to properly research it? Why not take the time and do it right the first time. Allow proper suggestions and revisions. Follow proper protocol rather than signing executive orders to get your way.

Third, the reactions of the current administration to people questioning anything behoves me..... Pelosi especially.

That being said, I don't think anyone disagrees healthcare could use some "upgrades". Why they want to totally reinvent the wheel is beyond me.

I don't know of one citizen of the US that is currently refused medical treatment if necessary. PA already has a system to cover all children up to 18... see PA Chip started by Tom Ridge when he was govenor. People just need to sign up and research options if they are in a bind. They also have an adult coverage for low income adults with very low copays. Also, many of the hospitals have certain assistance programs to lower copays based upon income levels. I had to personally use some of these programs when hubby had the knife go in his eye. I also spent a whole week just looking into different types of assistance across the board. He is the main bread winner and loss of his income was a major blow to the finances.

There are existing programs that have been in effect for years. Many bugs have already been worked out of these systems. Why try to reinvent the wheel????? More people need to be informed about them. They are in place. It would be more cost effective to try to make some changes to what is rather than going brand new and paying for a whole new pannel of government employees. Incentives could be offered by the government to try to fix the current system rather than going so extreme.

If you totally remove the profit area in the medical private sector, what is the incentive to put your money toward improving healthcare? From what I have seen.. America has one of the most innovative medical research areas in the world. That would not be achieved by everyone getting flat payments for services. What incentive is there to put millions in new technology to improve lives if the government is not going to allow you to get your money back?

 

[Bluedog]

Same concerns here Michelle. You'll find that the 1,000 pager...actually, 1,018 pages I believe, is not much different. For those, including many of our members of congress, who cringe at the thought of reading 1,000 plus pages, the document is not in small print as a novel would be, and has each line numbered for reference, the first 14 pages are table of contents and definitions, and the main content is double spaced, so it goes rather quickly. I haven't read the shorter versions yet but plan to. After reading through deciphering the legalese, yes, it is very open for abuse and for administrators to take things in the wrong direction.