(Of course, if you get sick go and to the hospital, they might try and get you to sign up then, so they can get their bills paid). My husband is not covered by insurance right now. He got sick, and went to a community health clinic where he paid on a sliding scale (ie charity), and where they prescribe generic drugs. I think he paid $87 for an exam, a tetanus shot, and 2 prescriptions. I thought that was pretty good, especially since he was seen the same day he went in. Just curious, do you know anyone being treated for difficult to diagnose/treat epilepsy?
I’m not sure what you mean, but we don’t really have adverts for companies exactly. We have adverts for medicines under brandnames though - like Neurofen for example which is basically glorified ibuprofen. The name of the company behind it though is beyond me, I don’t think I could name a single one so I guess we don’t have adverts for companies. Here in the UK a company who provides prescription medicine has to have a contract with the NHS so theres no need I guess for advertisement. Branded over-the-counter medicine that you’d buy in a shop is different though, but theres still no sign of the company behind it.
And what about the working poor and lower middle class who make too much money to qualify for these programs but not enough to afford insurance? I was among them a few years ago and was hospitalized for three days with a serious illness. I only qualified for partial reduction and the remainder I had to pay was more than half of my annual income. More serious illness and events, like cancer, can easily drive a family into bankruptcy even with insurance. In fact, 62% of all bankrupcty filings are the result of medical bills and 3/4ths of them have insurance. Medical insurance in this country is great until you have a serious illness then you might as well not have insurance at all.
The so-called government “death panel” is a myth. The true death panels exist within insurance companies. …
You may not wish to believe it but it is true. Harvard conducted an exhaustive study of bankruptcy and their findings and data showed that 62% of bankruptcy filings are medically-related.
As this may be a problem, I hardly think throwing money at it in the form of a public option is the solution. It sounds great, free stuff for people…whatever. But if we relieve people of every problem they incur in life, whether it be mortgage or food or health care we are doing ourselves more harm than good. In a sense, if people do not learn to live within their means a bankruptcy is what they deserve in some cases.
You said it better than I. If all is for free then when and where does it stop???It will stop at those that are the least productive in society…
Politically it never will, it’s the corner block of power for the progressive platform and the Democrat party. It’s the biggest problem I see in our political system, more than corruption or anything else.
What is the “lower middle class” and “working poor?” My husband has a full time job, but cannot afford to buy health insurance through the company, but he does qualify for a state subsidized company.
He has a family, so I suppose that helps him qualify. But children can get health insurance when their parents make up to $80,000 (in my state). I don’t consider that lower middle class or working poor. If there is a gap, there are always private charities. I am sure people would help a fellow neighbor pay for cancer treatments if he/she couldn’t (there was a news story in my neck of the woods recently about a woman who was faking cancer (even shaving her head) in order to get people to give her money for the “cancer treatments” she couldn’t afford, because people are generous). But I understand it is hard for people to ask for help.It is a prime tenet of liberalism that compassion can only be shown using other people’s money.
What if you use your own money?
I do
Good for you. I will extend charity without being forced and I will take care of my own.
You are correct, premiums are “a risin”…fact of the matter is I just saw this morning on the news that AARP (which if you remember, backed this health care reform 100%) has hicked their premiums almost double on their employees, part of the rise being attributed to the new bill. I apologize if this has been already noted in this thread, I have to admit, I haven’t read each post entirely. I find it interesting, that AARP is still promoting the new law with all kinds of commercials telling seniors how wonderful it will be, but on the other hand, they have to raise premiums big time.
The AARP has pretty much turned into an insurance company. They were just exceited at the prospect of having more clients.You are correct, premiums are “a risin”…fact of the matter is I just saw this morning on the news that AARP (which if you remember, backed this health care reform 100%) has hicked their premiums almost double on their employees, part of the rise being attributed to the new bill. I apologize if this has been already noted in this thread, I have to admit, I haven’t read each post entirely. I find it interesting, that AARP is still promoting the new law with all kinds of commercials telling seniors how wonderful it will be, but on the other hand, they have to raise premiums big time.
They’re now backed into a corner. They thought they’d pay for at least part of the cost of the new law with the new tax hike that they will now have to compromise on with the Republican House. They took a gamble, and …lost.