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7:50 am
March 11, 2010
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BurgerLifter
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I haven't decided if I want "reform" or not.
There are two sides to the story.
One is that I do not think there should be profit involved with managing people's health. The services denied stories are too many to mention. So in that respect, I agree with reform and removing selfish interests.
However, the government is woefully bad at running things. Look at social security/medicaid/medicare. All horribly over budget and unsustainable. Look at the stimulus package. Look at their path to move to electronic medical records (as an IT person I cry at night thinking of how unworkable their approach is). I could go on for years and years about their epic failures. Plus, half of the time the government contracts work out to private companies (my friend worked for barclays who did all of the processing for the cash-for-clunkers debacle) so it really doesn't remove the concept of large multi-million dollar contracts being won by private industry (and consequently lobbiest and gov officials being swayed).
Once again, until I hear the facts about what truly costs what, how the money flows, and where the true roadblocks are I think the whole topic is an exercise in futility.
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8:15 pm
March 10, 2010
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sheila
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It seems that the polls show that most Americans do not want health care reform. Who are the pollsters calling? It is reported that 43 million Americans do not have health care insurance, I think that if they were polled they would want reform! And then again there are people like us who are paying over $25,000 per year for just two of us, if we were polled we would vote for reform. Are they only polling government workers or the US House of Representatives or the Senate?
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5:13 pm
March 10, 2010
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BurgerLifter
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i have to agree with your statement. the most frustrating thing about anything these days is the lack of facts and data about the truth.
everything you hear or read is "'talking points" meant to further some radical person's agenda. i have yet to see a realistic honest breakdown of the cost structure of health care. i hear people tell me nurses make tons of money cause of the shortage of supply then i know student nurses from very qualified schools who are telling me that they cannot find a job at any rate because no one is hiring.
the conflicting information and evidence is crazy and we will never have a sane system until the complete truth comes out. 
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8:27 pm
March 9, 2010
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sheila
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I'm not sure that we are subsidizing those that do not have insurance through their employment (and why is coverage tied to employment anyway) or just cannot afford to buy insurance on their own. Again, my husband and I, as members of a small group, pay $27,600 for our coverage (not the whole groups coverage just ours), imagine if we were not members of a group. And really how many people can afford to pay what we do – p.s. we do not have a "cadillac plan", unfortunately my husband has been very ill and although insurance companies are not supposed to take that into account our premiums speak a different story. I believe that we are subsidizing the large salaries of the insurance industry – and their lobbyist. I would be happy if I thought that our high premium was going toward some needy family's insurance. We are counting down the years until we are eligible for Medicare – what a relief it will be.
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9:32 pm
March 7, 2010
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ColdAngel55
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Haha – GetMeOut… I had a similar experience. My first paycheck in January was about 30 dollars less (60/mo) than my last paycheck in December due to the 20% increase in my rates. Luckily my company was able to give everyone a 1-3% raise for COLA. I am now making the same that I made last year. And they say inflation is < 5%…what a crock!
Also – I have the most expensive plan that my insurer (blue cross) provides. I was thrilled when my tamiflu prescription cost me $60. The most painful part was when I talked to my friend who is a pharmacist and had him tell me what they could have submitted it under the H1N1 program and it would have been free! Something doesn't seem right about that. Looks like I'm subsidizing others free treatment 
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10:49 am
March 7, 2010
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sheila
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We have healthcare through our small business. There are only 5 of us on the plan. Our premium went up $800 per month – that is $9600 per year! So with the increase we now pay $27,600…….we will be among the 46 million americans without health insurance this year. If we truly are the richest company in the world how can we let so many people go without?
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11:25 am
March 5, 2010
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GetMeOutOfThisBox
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I love how my paycheck is $34 less than usual today thanks to an impromptu rate hike by our healthcare provider. I suppose I should be thankful I even have healthcare, but its difficult at times…
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