bripat9643
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My daughter just had knee surgery, which was re-scheduled four (4) times. She ended up having it during finals week at school, which caused all kinds of shit. The surgeon apologized profusely and sheepishly said he hoped the "system" would be fixed soon. I asked him, "ACA?", and he nodded yes. Oh well. Who knows, if the ACA stays, maybe they'll iron out these "bugs".
Aside from "you can keep your plan / your doctor", your point about deductibles may be the biggest killer of the plan. Obviously, first, it's really hurting people. But also, I have a friend who is an administrator at a hospital here, and he says non-payment of deductibles is killing them. They're now starting to require payment of 75% of the deductible before services will be performed, which I learned personally.
This is a mess, as we knew it would be. The predictable result of an important issue becoming politicized.
You mean as opposed to what a finely tuned machine it was before then?
I'm little dubious about your story, as you don't explain HOW the 'system' caused 'delays'.
Yup...the ACA has become the scapegoat of the insurance companies. Insurance companies have always been douche bags, people. The ACA didn't change that, it just gave them more customers to be douchey about and it gave them something to hide their douchiness behind.
We need a Public Option NOW!
One thing that has become obvious in the last few months is that the people who put the ACA together are douche bags.