If the impersonal HMOs are part of the problem, why is the public option basically a giant HMO?
Stаrt reading thе bill, kids. It requires gatekeeping bу уουr primary care physician. It limits whісh drugs аrе covered. It limits whаt kinds οf services уου саn gеt. Thіѕ іѕ basically аn HMO. Iѕ thіѕ whаt уου want?
That’s exactly what it is. Even though they say you can keep your current plan if you like it, the insurance provider cannot accept any new people on the plan except for family members of those already on it. No new insurance plan can be developed after a few years, so eventually that option will be phased out. We’ll have no choice but to become part of an ‘exchange’ that will decide what treatment they think is appropriate. Freedom of choice will be a thing of the past.
Who stated that HMO’s are part of the problem?
Agreed. Well put.
Because your whole question is based on the false premise that HMO’s are part of the problem. Amazing how that happens, huh?
HMO’s are for profit businesses. Some folks seem to be worried about a government bureaucrat between them and, their doctor. When they should be worried about a insurance company bureaucrat between them and, their doctor.
IT was government interference that brought us the HMO in the first place – which makes it hard for doctors to deliver good care – it will only get worse
Hey, buddy, didn’t you know the federal government already has 2 giant HMOs – namely: Medicare and Medicaid? ‘Thought I’d educate you.
Because misery loves company. Honestly the people that are putting forth this bill have not even thought about the causes of rising health care… they hear "50 million without insurance" and think "hey getting everyone insurance is the answer". Never mind the fact that most without insurance chose not to have it, never mind that illegal immigrants were included in those numbers, never mind that the CBO even stated that niether of the current proposals will do a thing to lower costs….and not even realizing that insurance is one of the major factors in the rising costs of health care.
Good question. Here is an article that outlines current privileges we will lose if this reform goes through.
http://finance.yahoo.com/insurance/article/107408/5-freedoms-you-would-lose-in-health-care-reform.html?mod=insurance-health
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That being said:
I lived overseas for two years (2000-2002). I witnessed Universal Healthcare in action. One woman I knew in Great Britain was in the hospital for bypass surgery. She was scrubbed and prepped on the gurney outside of the Operating Room when her surgeon came out and told her that there were no beds that day. He told her to go home and return in 3-4 MONTHS…for BYPASS SURGERY!!! Also at that time GB was sending many of its patients to France for surgery because it could not accommodate them all. People come to the US now from other countries for healthcare. Remember when the King of Jordan came to the Mayo Clinic? Where will we go? Canada?
I do not want this kind of change.
Also, same two year time-frame, my next-door neighbor showed me his yearly income tax assessment at a 50% rate to pay for all of the social services, including Universal
Healthcare, that the Belgian government provided. He was retired with a modest home business in a middle class neighborhood and was taxed at 50%. I do not want such an income tax rate imposed upon the USA. Our rates are high enough as they are.
This is a slippery slope we are on. Be careful what you wish for…
http://www.balancedpolitics.org/universal_health_care.htm
same # of doctors + 50 million new patients = rationed healthcare
that is it.
pure and simple. do the math.
if we keep the same number of doctors, and add 50 million new patients (and illegal immigrants), the quality of healthcare MUST go down.
it would be like adding 10 roomates to your house, and expecting your quality of life not to go down??!??!?! how would it not???
Because it’s the government’s HMO – remember, they know what’s best for you. They said so themselves…