National Health Care
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DaveH;283220 wrote:
If we step back and look at the big picture, the problem with "healthcare" all started when employers started paying for peoples insurance. It's been a downhill slide since then, because it took all the responsibility from the individual. People no longer cared what a doc visit or treatment cost, because "they" were no longer paying for it. Most people don't know or care what it actually costs to go to the doc, because "the insurance company" is paying for it. Without costs being held in check by the individual, doc visits/treatments are expensive enough that people "feel" like they can't afford it. IMO any type of govt program is just adding to the problem. The accountability for paying for your own stuff has to be brought back.Remember when/why employers started doing this?
It was because the government put salary caps in place in the WW2 timeframe. Companies had to find a way to attract talent in a competitive labor market place.
You're right: when the end user doesn't know what things cost and doesn't pay for it, they have no incentive to economize. When the end user has no incentive to economize, the provider has no incentive to compete on price. When both the end user and the provider don't care what something costs, the price continues to go up, until the people stuck footing the bills -- insurers -- start breaking.
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thrash;283228 wrote:
Remember when/why employers started doing this?It was because the government put salary caps in place in the WW2 timeframe. Companies had to find a way to attract talent in a competitive labor market place.
You're right: when the end user doesn't know what things cost and doesn't pay for it, they have no incentive to economize. When the end user has no incentive to economize, the provider has no incentive to compete on price. When both the end user and the provider don't care what something costs, the price continues to go up, until the people stuck footing the bills -- insurers -- start breaking.
24valvenotak;283107 wrote:
take a bottle of 170 dollar brand name pills and then a generic version for 40. i have insurance so guess which ones get prescribed to me... is that the market doing its job?apparently i need another 30 years under my belt before anything i say is actually comprehended
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Ok...I think we can all agree that IF something catastrophic happens (cancer, heart disease, etc....) you will be best off if you have insurance. I'm really surprised more people don't go the route of no major medical insurance but just bulk up on supplemental policies. 2/3 of the expense with cancer happens outside of the hospital (missed work, travel, drugs that aren't covered, etc...) and supplemental pays YOU if you get sick and miss work or need drugs/chemo. Aflac/Conseco and a host of others have really good cancer policies and they are extremely inexpensive vs major medical insurance. I'm not suggesting people drop major medical by any means, just throwing the thought out there.
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24valvenotak;283272 wrote:
apparently i need another 30 years under my belt before anything i say is actually comprehendedI hate to be so condecending, but by reading your posts you just sound like a piece of shit welfare case to me. If your aunt has had that many problems to rack up $1mil+, sorry but she should be dead by now, and big fucking deal if you have to take the cheap pills? Can you afford the difference to buy the good ones? If not, tough shit you should be thankful that someone else is paying the $40 that THEY cost. boo hoo i want everything on someone elses dime, fuck you and pay for your own shit
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Grr;283283 wrote:
I hate to be so condecending, but by reading your posts you just sound like a piece of shit welfare case to me. If your aunt has had that many problems to rack up $1mil+, sorry but she should be dead by now, and big fucking deal if you have to take the cheap pills? Can you afford the difference to buy the good ones? If not, tough shit you should be thankful that someone else is paying the $40 that THEY cost. boo hoo i want everything on someone elses dime, fuck you and pay for your own shitHis point was not that he feels slighted by having to get the generics...
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Grr;283283 wrote:
I hate to be so condecending, but by reading your posts you just sound like a piece of shit welfare case to me. If your aunt has had that many problems to rack up $1mil+, sorry but she should be dead by now, and big fucking deal if you have to take the cheap pills? Can you afford the difference to buy the good ones? If not, tough shit you should be thankful that someone else is paying the $40 that THEY cost. boo hoo i want everything on someone elses dime, fuck you and pay for your own shitAre you retarded?
For example.. A guy I used to work with (a good friend of my dad's), as a grand-daughter that need a life saving brain surgery at the age of 8. Yes, EIGHT. Just the surgery alone was over $200,000.
By time you figure in ALL of the medical bills for this 8 year old, the final tally was over $800,000.
So what your saying is she should be dead because it cost so much to save a life?
Go fuck yourself you ignorant bitch.
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yeah...a million isn't that hard to accumulate in bills anymore at a hospital.
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listen guy, that has nothing to do with any of it, and like i said i carry my own policy and dont use the VA except for the mandatory stuff. I think people get shit for a reason and die for a reason, its natures way. If you dont like it fuck you, i dont need your acceptance, sorry im not some soft cored little bitch
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I can't wait until you or one of you close friends/family has cancer or brain surgery and dies. I'm going to go to the funeral and LAUGH MY ASS OFF and say "They deserved to die, insurance should not cover any of it."
Your ignorance is absurd.
Go talk to the dude who just had his leg amputated. Ask him if he could have afforded the bill without insurance. Willing to bet he couldn't have.
Insurance saves lives. It's the babies who get checked for everything that causes the cost of insurance to go up.
If you don't believe in insurance, what the fuck do you have a policy for? So when you get sick and almost die, that other people's money can save your life? Or will you run like a bitch to the VA and get ur free medical care?
Fuck off and die you worthless pile of white trash. End your life now before you humiliate yourself any more.
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Are you kidding stupid fuck? Insurance is GREAT, but there is a limit dude, why you getting so bent out of shape for? Cause your a dumbfuck, if you dont like my opinions, block my posts! If you dont, then fuck you! whats with all the personal attacks because of my beleifs? Boo hoo i was a giant sandy pussy and didnt join the military so i have to run them down and bitch about the VA. Guess what, i signed a contract with them and the coverage is part of it. fucking baby
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is it just me or does this link guy only talk mad shit. yet who the fuck is he?
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Grr;283323 wrote:
Are you kidding stupid fuck? Insurance is GREAT, but there is a limit dude, why you getting so bent out of shape for? Cause your a dumbfuck, if you dont like my opinions, block my posts! If you dont, then fuck you! whats with all the personal attacks because of my beleifs? Boo hoo i was a giant sandy pussy and didnt join the military so i have to run them down and bitch about the VA. Guess what, i signed a contract with them and the coverage is part of it. fucking babyI don't know about you, but a life is priceless. You cannot replace it. Therefore, there is no limit (nor should there be).
Why are you getting bent out of shape? I'm making fun of your dumb ass because you think people should just die instead of insurance helping out. Your just a complete idiot if you think people should die instead of having a 800k medical bill to save a life.
Want to know why I'm pissed? Because of ignorant jackass prick's like you who think a innocent 8 yr old girl shouldn't be alive to this very day because of her medical bill that was very high. Go fuck yourself you jewish cunt.
Oh and drifter, your just a straight up dumbfuck. Thats all.
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Link;283329 wrote:
I don't know about you, but a life is priceless. You cannot replace it. Therefore, there is no limit (nor should there be).Why are you getting bent out of shape? I'm making fun of your dumb ass because you think people should just die instead of insurance helping out. Your just a complete idiot if you think people should die instead of having a 800k medical bill to save a life.
Want to know why I'm pissed? Because of ignorant jackass prick's like you who think a innocent 8 yr old girl shouldn't be alive to this very day because of her medical bill that was very high. Go fuck yourself you jewish cunt.
Oh and drifter, your just a straight up dumbfuck. Thats all.
so who is paying for all these people to stay alive and get medical care?
because i'm pretty sure earlier gary said insurence should be used responsably. As in your policy should be that it pays for "major" incidents, not the yearly check up's and random cavity you might get.
this allows you to get a greater coverage for the chance you might have a problem that is life changing( cancer/stroke/etc..).
Now you bashing him for joining the military and getting to use the free or discounted health coverage. well thats just down right classy. i know for myself i don't disrespect people that serve, as i have not done so. so i should be greatfull for there service, as should you.
oh and link, eat me, faggot
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DrifterExtreme;283331 wrote:
so who is paying for all these people to stay alive and get medical care?because i'm pretty sure earlier gary said insurence should be used responsably. As in your policy should be that it pays for "major" incidents, not the yearly check up's and random cavity you might get.
this allows you to get a greater coverage for the chance you might have a problem that is life changing( cancer/stroke/etc..).
Read some of my earlier posts. I agree that the little random checkup's should not be covered. I already stated that before.
Whose responsibility is it to pay for these "major" medical bills? The insurance company. People pay the insurance company for their service. Now you have a contract with this company stating you will get XXX coverage.
Everyone else works the same. I am failing to see how you think because you pay the insurance for coverage that you think your paying for other people's bills. Your paying for YOUR coverage, not anyone elses. It's the insurance companies responsibility to have enough money (from all of their customers) to be able to fullfill the contract of all their customers.
Your paying the company for a SERVICE. Who gives a shit how they spend their money as long as you get the care you need when the time comes.
Now you bashing him for joining the military and getting to use the free or discounted health coverage. well thats just down right classy. i know for myself i don't disrespect people that serve, as i have not done so. so i should be greatfull for there service, as should you.
I respect him for serving in our military. Do i respect him as a person? No, I think he is an ignorant jewish prick.
oh and link, eat me, faggot
classy. that all you got? Makes you sound even more queer. Go hump your buddy Will's leg.
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lol, yeah im jewish, actually i had family in the SS back in the day, and family fighting against them. Just so you know you anti semite, im glad this is really bringing your true colors out for all to see.
Case in point of why this was brought up to begin with. He said his aunt had around $1 mil of treatment through her history with this company. Ok, so she probably paid 150k in premiums tops. Now they wont renew her policy, and your pissed????? They just gave her 850k of money that they had to take from someone else and lost their ass. Now say they DID renew her policy, and maybe its a small company and she racks up another $1mil in bills and the place has to fold and go bankrupt since they have lost so much money. Now who the fuck is she to do this to everyone else that was paying premiums and will no longer get the same treatment? Why should they have to pay an increased premium to cover the companies giant fiscal losses?? YOU gonna pay it? NO, so your just as bad as you say i am since she would now have to die, and you arent doing anything about it, see how that works? Or are you really that stupid
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