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– That woman wasn't told to wait until unaccountable insurance bureaucrats came in to work on Monday to process her claims.
– She wasn't deathly ill and therefore put an undue burden on the system, whereas if she was in America she would have been discouraged for seeking health treatments for the sniffles (how dare those foreigners think they can waltz into a doctor's office for any reason!)
– She was afforded immediate treatment instead of being told to wait until her insurance company said she could get an appointment.
– And worst of all, she won't be socked with a $30,000 bill that her insurance company can then refuse to pay for no reason!
This is the worst of the socialist medical system right here, folks. America has the best health care system in the whole world, Rush Limbaugh has decreed it to be so.
That woman should be banned from leaving America, the greatest country in the world, until she shows some gratitude for her health insurance company.
I think the health care law making it's way through congress should add a clause that if you are overseas and receive treatment there for any reason that you should be forced to pay your insurance company the amount they would have charged you if you had received the treatment here.
Someone inform Lieberman, he'll sell out the Democrats!
Jake Tapper posed a very simple and direct question to the prez: "Do you think it's appropriate to have a threat of jail time for those who refuse to buy insurance?"
Sad AND scary actually that the president couldn't give a one two letter word simple answer of 'no'.
Instead, he did his usual: "..aaahh...ehh...y'know..ah..ah..ah...y'know..." and then went on and on, but he did NOT answer with an unequivocal "NO!"
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=9039241
It starts at about -14:40
E T A : He did not say no at all, in fact. He thinks penalties are appropriate, but in his usual vague way, did not say what those penalties might be.
It never ceases to amaze how even the simplest of questions don't qualify for a simple yes or no answer.
P.S. LOL - your comment gave me a good chuckle.
I'll comply with the rule of law the moment Obama does.
Not before.
"...One of the most alarming aspects of HR 3962, that passed 220-215 (219 Democrats and one Republican voted for it) are the purely evil sections 7203 and 7201. The less evil of these sections, 7203, calls for $25,000 in fines and up to a year imprisonment for “defying” the federal mandate for getting insurance. That's the misdemeanor. The felony? A quarter of a million dollars in fines and up to five years in prison...."
http://welcomebacktopottersville.blogspot.com/2...
There is NO comparison.
We can choose not to have a car, but the only way out of buying a so called insurance plan would be to die!
Yeah, great system we have here.
Greed is good.
Greed is God.
A camel can't go through the eye of a needle so rich men can go to a heaven with streets paved with gold. (Or something like that. You get the idea. <g>)
I'm not arguing against health care reform. I'm just saying for every solution, you reveal another problem.
Only, of course, few do as being out of work negates their ability to pay.
But please comment on the shortage of physicians once the additional 36 million have health insurance. That's when you really won't be able to get an appointment EVEN if you do have insurance. There just are NOT enough doctors. Not to mention the hospitals that have been closed because there are too many beds. The reason for too many beds????? People have not sought treatment because - they haven't had health insurance!!!!!
So once these folks have insurance, probably NOT ENOUGH beds.
The system in France appears to provide for this circumstance whereas the US system is abusively prohibitive for students entering the health profession:
There is more, but the problem is clear; the healthcare profession and associated (parasitic) industries strongly require overhaul. The current for-profit US system drains money and discourages more candidates from entering the field, putting profits squarely ahead of patients, the good of the public, or the potential physician him/herself.
In Universal healthcare, the doctors are spending much more of their time practicing medicine and much less swimming through paperwork. The US insurance industry and medical profit motive are deadly deterrents to a healthy and viable medical system.
It explains somewhat why France is #1 and the US limps in at #37.
Yes, President Backroom-Pharma-Deal, why?
Sounds good to me.
And it all cost me - an American citizen on a three-month tourist visa - absolutely NOTHING.
And, I just remembered, while travelling in Morocco - and staying in cheap hotels - I suffered an attack of bedbugs that left me terribly uncomfortable. I visited a local infirmary, where they scrubbed down all the bites on my back, applied ointment, and gave me more to use myself.
Again, the cost was incredibly minimal for this guy travelling on less than five bucks a day.
If the Health Care Bill passes this leaves them NO option to what to charge. I remember when your personal Income was a PRIVATE matter which since the 60's has been thrown to the wauside.
My grandfather had a saying keep your business in your back pocket and tell NO ONE.
If yo think I am off base have you noticed how many businesses are now requireing you to pay up front for services with NO gaurantee on the quality of said service.
This is about the companies NOT having the Carte Blanche inside info on your wallet, nor will they be allowed to preset most premiums with what THEY predict as wage invreases.
There should be a way to block this data mining on income period and that will further push these companies into hissy fits of the unknown.
They should be offering a service based on their projected costs NOT on what is in my wallet or yours.