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BO fining parents
| Mon, 10-13-2008 - 1:11am |
I was watching some of the debate from last week online because i missed it. McCain brought up that Obama wants to fine parents who do not have health insurance on their children.
I'm not sure how most people feel about this, but isn't health insurance just as important as shelter, education and food. I definitely think that not insuring your children should fall into the neglect category. People can complain about the cost of health care but if you can't afford having a child, don't have one.
I guess i was wondering what others thought about this.

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>>In other words, if all these great ideas could come together and everyone in our government keep an open mind about it, and actually listen to the different ideas, maybe a solution could be found by combining the ideas.<<
You are so right. I felt like my post was long and rambling but I think what I was trying to say was children, elderly, and sick people should see doctors. People who are reasonably healthy can get away with RNs. Tiers could go by maybe the sickest going to the best/experienced doctors.
Another issue I have to bring up is the insurance companies as they are now. When I was much younger, I used to do physician and hospital billing. Problems arise because insurance companies don't want to give up the $$ and pay the claim unless every t is crossed and every i is dotted. There were so many rules and so much paperwork that it was insane. And don't forget that doctor's charge $$$ and insurance will only pay $$ with Medicaid and Medicare paying $ which leads the doctors/hospitals to raise prices and it really is a vicious circle. I really think that this issue could be helped if the insurance company charged a fixed or flat fee with the medical side getting a guaranteed set percentage payment.
I just hope I live long enough to see it.
>>So in other words, either the insurance or the medical side should have more government regulation. if the insurance only pays so much, then the person will be charged for the remainder.<<
I think the prices should maybe be more regulated but as I say that when I think how much it must cost to run a hospital it makes me dizzy. They way it works is usually the patient pays the fixed rate (co-pay) and they doctor/hospital charges $$$ and the insurance pays $$ and the $ is just absorbed. So my thing is: If the medical side charges $100 and the insurance company pays say 65% and the patient pays $15 why doesn't the medical side just lower their cost. This goes on across the line on all insurance companies. I'm not sure what percentages they all pay now but I know it's not 100%.
BTW, I'm glad you've survived 16yrs of military health care because all I know of it was what I saw on Born on the 4th of July and we all know that wasn't pretty.
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