Another Reason for Healthcare Reform

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Registered: 07-20-2004
Another Reason for Healthcare Reform
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Mon, 05-11-2009 - 7:57pm

I have to say, this is ridiculous. Ins. companies are so greedy and so unfair. It seems even if you are young, you can be turned down for Health Ins.


http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/news_details/article/28/2009/may/11/being-young-is-no-guarantee-of-health-insurance-coverage.html

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Registered: 09-08-2006
Sat, 05-16-2009 - 12:43pm
That would be great.

 

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Registered: 08-16-2005
Sat, 05-16-2009 - 12:54pm
I actually get my information on other countries by friends and family that work and live in them.




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Registered: 08-16-2005
Sat, 05-16-2009 - 12:55pm
The costs for myself will go up.


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Registered: 04-11-2009
Sat, 05-16-2009 - 1:00pm

Yes.

 

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Registered: 09-08-2006
Sat, 05-16-2009 - 1:07pm

Your statement about your tax dollars going up under Obama's plan is contradictory since if we don't install a plan your costs will surely go up in spades.


<health insurance premiums. As it's summarized at monstersandcritics.com, "here will also be increases in consumer out-of-pocket costs as employers ask workers to pay a larger portion of the overall healthcare tab." This will, in turn, make individual health insurance and supplemental even harder to get, and impossible to hang on to should the individual become sick.

Medicare Part D is a major part of the projected costs, since it will force the federal government to cover the high price of prescription drugs for millions of people who rely on Medicare. Prescription drug use is still projected to double, but with Medicare Part D seniors and states will pay less, and the federal government will pay more.






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Healthcare Costs
Did you know...
Between 2006 and 2016, consumer out-of-pocket spending is expected to increase from $250.6 billion to $440.8 billion?
While this is a great boon to those seniors and disabled individuals who need it, younger, working people will be picking up a heftier portion of the tab. As it the article goes on to say, "Between 2006 and 2016, consumer out-of-pocket spending is expected to increase from $250.6 billion to $440.8 billion."
http://www.alliedquotes.com/Resources/Healthcare-Costs.html

 

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Registered: 09-08-2006
Sat, 05-16-2009 - 1:09pm
Great post and I agree, We need to get real about waste in the delivery of medical care if we're to ever get costs under control.

 

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Registered: 07-20-2004
Sat, 05-16-2009 - 1:18pm
And no doubt they have told you some unpleasant stories. I think other countries pay a lot in taxes, but
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Registered: 03-19-2009
Sat, 05-16-2009 - 1:38pm

This was in my local paper today.

 

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Registered: 08-13-2008
Sat, 05-16-2009 - 1:48pm

Property values vs human lives.


Even if their silly belief were true, um... property over human lives?


Oh, the choices we wish to make.



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Registered: 04-11-2009
Sat, 05-16-2009 - 1:51pm
Ugh!

 

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