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Re: Health Insurance for All? 

By: Beldin in POPE IV | Recommend this post (2)
Wed, 25 Jan 17 2:33 AM | 48 view(s)
Boardmark this board | POPES NEW and Improved Real Board 		Msg. 18895 of 47202
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Nope, don't have a problem with what you are suggesting at all.

I have long advocated for tort reform that would shut down the corrupt, ambulance-chasing opportunism of malpractice and personal injury lawyers.

I agree ... there should be no free anything. Healthcare services are NOT a right ... they are services you pay for, like any other service, period. If people want to freely band together to support charitable organizations that provide healthcare services to those who cannot otherwise afford it, great - I'm all for it!

A "wide range of qualities" ... yes, that is exactly what I meant by "various coverage options to better meet policyholder needs." The very notion of "one size coverage" is patently ridiculous. Many people desire minimal "catastrophic" coverage, while others are willing to pay for more "comprehensive" coverage. Some people need maternity coverage, while others are well past that need. And, even though FFFTers are in desperate need of psychological coverage, the rest of us are just fine without it.

Why did the government f*ck it up? Easy ... everything they touch goes to sh!t. That's why The Constitution puts limits on the government, not us. The solution to the problem would have been for the government to realize that they are a walking, talking disaster and remove themselves altogether from the equation. BUT, the buffoons in the government stupidly believe that they are the end all and be all, so they cannot resist the temptation to jump in and make matters much, much worse.




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Re: Health Insurance for All?
By: Decomposed in POPE IV
Wed, 25 Jan 17 2:10 AM 		Msg. 18893 of 47202

re: "No, De ... "reasonably priced" means just that ... "

Fine - except that this means that patients who have no insurance but contract AIDS will generally not be able to afford the "reasonably priced health insurance" you say should be available. I think the newspapers will play it up as "unfair" and the marching morons will squawk about it. It would essentially be a return to the situation we had before Obamacare except that instead of insurance companies stating that they will not accept certain people they would state that they will accept them but charge $2 million per year. It would be a game of words.

Don't you think we'd be better off forgetting about insurance and tackling the ABSURD and CORRUPT conditions that cause healthcare to be so damned expensive? Start with . . . MALPRACTICE SUITS. I say, NO TO THEM ALL unless criminal behavior is found to have occurred.

Then, let nurses and medics treat people for a wide range of common ailments. Medical care for non-serious illnesses should run less than $100 per visit.

Third, NO FREE CARE. We don't normally give free houses to the homeless or free college to the poor. No more free medical coverage. Not through government, anyway. If someone wants medical care but can't pay for it, let him go to his friends and clergy for help.

Fourth: Allow care in a wide range of qualities. Some coverage should be Ritz Carlton while others are Motel 6. The Motel 6 care may include things such as medications that are not the very best but are cheap.

I'm sure that if I dug into this, I could come up with a hundred ways in which medical care could be given "on the cheap." The question is, WHY didn't the government choose to look into things that would make care more affordable when it had the audacity to create a law called the "AFFORDABLE care act?" Those behind it were corrupt, that's why.
 

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