How does it reduce costs? Reduce government costs? Sure but it won't reduce the costs to the people. Why do you hate Americans? (See I can do straw men too)
Because you take the position of keeping government where it is today which is to assume that you don't want anything to change. The usual defense of this is "You can't cut or it will cause more problems than it saves."
Pharmaceutical innovation had nothing to do with that? Vaccinations? Surgical techniques? Medical devices? How about the shift of the population from highly manual labor intensive jobs to other less intensive jobs due to technology? None of those factors had a part to play in increase in life expectancy?
The reason why we should return to such a system where socialized risk and costs are gone is basically solvency of the government because of reduction of costs.
good for you. that means you are rich and can afford long term care for your elderly parents. its only 6,000 a month.
If you go bankrupt now, you qualify for Medicaid.
Socialized risk.
How does it reduce costs? Reduce government costs? Sure but it won't reduce the costs to the people. Why do you hate Americans? (See I can do straw men too)
Medicaid will pay your past medical bills for you?
No, my grandparents were diagnosed with chronic diseases and knew their time was coming. They found peace and died with dignity.
BTW I come from a middle income family.
ahhh so using medicare benefits is under you and undignified? ? So you have not had to directly deal with caring for your parents and being the decision maker when they can not.
It reduces costs by not paying for it for the government.
It reduces costs for people because doctors and hospitals aren't subsidized by the government through guarantee of payment.
Take for example my recent trip to the doctor for an inner ear infection. I told them I was going to pay out of pocket. They offered me a reduced rate in doing so after telling them another doctor's quote across the street.
Yes anecdotal evidence is always the best kind!
So right now we have a privatized system and when you fall on hard times and can't pay you go on Medicare and you want to keep the privatized system but remove the safety net and you think that healthcare costs will magically come down because your doctor offered you a discount for your ear infection and I'm sure they will offer their services for free to the guy who couldn't pay his medical bills in the first place.
That's some solid logic if I have ever seen any! Who wouldn't want that system?!
It's not "under" me, it's by principle, immoral and wrong.
It reduces costs by not paying for it for the government.
It reduces costs for people because doctors and hospitals aren't subsidized by the government through guarantee of payment.
Take for example my recent trip to the doctor for an inner ear infection. I told them I was going to pay out of pocket. They offered me a reduced rate in doing so after telling them another doctor's quote across the street.
wow....
Doctors always offer a reduced bill if you pay cash, although you will still end up paying more than what insurance or the government pays. Did you really think that you wheeled and dealed him or something?
lol.
There should be no safety net because abuse of that safety net has created the situation we face today. That situation is: how are we going to pay for all this stuff that more and more people are using instead of paying for it themselves?
No, like I said your reasoning is sound as a pound!
Every man for himself, fuck those that can't fuck others! Am I right!
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No, but is fair considering I did pay less than what insurance would have paid him, private or government, because he doesn't accept insurance.
Yeah, he also works in the poor area of town with illegal immigrants because they pay cash and don't have insurance either. He is a great doctor and his practice is growing because doesn't have the overhead dealing with government or private insurance. Now, can he do big procedures? No. But he refers people to private/cash only insurance doctors and surgeons. It is a small and growing movement in the healthcare comminity.
Good for obama for offering up cuts but these cuts are not large enough. There needs to be much larger cuts to SS and Medicare/
Lol he doesn't deal with private insurers and you want to go to a privatized system where there will be nothing but private insurers?
You might want to go to another doctor, I think your current one might have missed something.
Funny, I volunteer with veterans associations and donate regularly to charity each month. Strange.
SS currently doesn't contribute to the deficit.
The problem with Medicare is not Medicare but healthcare costs.
No. He is cash only. I went to a doctor who took insurance then went to him to see what he would do. He undercut him.
I shop around for doctors and services.
The problem with medicare is more people are getting on it AND rising costs of healthcare due to rising demands.
Fix the problem he and Dems created through ACA? lol
Well shit if you can do it anyone can! I mean its not like we have 300+ million people in this country with different circumstances.
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Awe... the 'new guy' is funny! Did someone's daddy tell them the evil Democrats are the problem... Yet another embarrassing example of where the conservative party has gone to hide from reality...