Obamacare saves seniors $569 each year

[rightwinger]

Health care law changing behavior

 

[Full-Auto]

Health care law changing behavior

Great!! How does that reduce the 454 billion in debt service payments?

 

[rightwinger]

Health care law changing behavior

WASHINGTON – More than 2.65 million Medicare recipients have saved more than $1.5 billion on their prescriptions this year, a $569-per-person average, while premiums have remained stable, the government plans to announce today.

That's because of the provision of the health care law that put a 50% discount on prescription drugs in the "doughnut hole," the gap between traditional and catastrophic coverage in the drug benefit, also known as Part D.
And, as of the end of November, more than 24 million people, or about half of those with traditional Medicare, have gone in for a free annual physical or other screening exam since the rules changed this year because of the health care law.

 

[uscitizen]

Health care law changing behavior

Great!! How does that reduce the 454 billion in debt service payments?

It doesn't, but once we lay off all the contractors in the military our debt will drop.

 

[Full-Auto]

Health care law changing behavior

Great!! How does that reduce the 454 billion in debt service payments?

It doesn't, but once we lay off all the contractors in the military our debt will drop.

Werent those contractors providing a service that costs less then what the military could do for themselves, or was it the volunteer force that cant produce the numbers for proper logistics?

 

[Jackson]

Health care law changing behavior

Yep, I agree. The wait to see a doctor will surpass the waits in other countries.

 

[rightwinger]

Health care law changing behavior

Yep, I agree. The wait to see a doctor will surpass the waits in other countries.

Link?

 

[Full-Auto]

Health care law changing behavior

Yep, I agree. The wait to see a doctor will surpass the waits in other countries.

Link?

Do you know what a search engine is?

Massachusetts' Obama-like Reforms Increase Health Costs, Wait Times | Michael F. Cannon | Cato Institute: Commentary

 

[Warrior102]

Great! $569 whopping dollars! That'll buy about five cases of Depends. Last time I checked, an abulance ride for Gramps to the hospital was $730

 

[Full-Auto]

Great! $569 whopping dollars! That'll buy about five cases of Depends. Last time I checked, an abulance ride for Gramps to the hospital was $730

No worries..............

Debt service will exceed a half trillion dollars in fiscal year 2012.


CHARGE IT!!!

 

[AmericanFirst]

Health care law changing behavior

Obamacare isn't supposed to be in effect yet, so how could this be? If it is directly attributed to obamacare.

 

[rightwinger]

Yep, I agree. The wait to see a doctor will surpass the waits in other countries.

Link?

Do you know what a search engine is?

Massachusetts' Obama-like Reforms Increase Health Costs, Wait Times | Michael F. Cannon | Cato Institute: Commentary

Sorry...that proves nothing except rightwing fear mongering

 

[rightwinger]

Health care law changing behavior

Obamacare isn't supposed to be in effect yet, so how could this be? If it is directly attributed to obamacare.

Closing the Medicare "Doughnut Hole"

And you are correct. Much of the reforms that wil save Americans the most money have not kicked in yet

 

[Trajan]

Health care law changing behavior

when bush messes with the medicare drug prescription prcoess=BAD!!!!


Obamacare does? its all ethereal light and unicorns...... you blowhard.



lets cut to the chase- so, who's paying for their 'savings'?

 

[rightwinger]

And just think...

Republicans can't wait to repeal Obamacare and they have given up any pretext of replacing it with anything

 

[DaGoose]

Health care law changing behavior

How anyone can put a negative spin on this is beyond me.

 

[PoliticalChic]

Health care law changing behavior

Yep, I agree. The wait to see a doctor will surpass the waits in other countries.

1. Jackson...I like yer style!

2. Let's see how wait time is working under RomneyCare...

a. 50 days to see a doctor in Boston…Is Massachusetts’ universal coverage laws the cause?
June 9, 2009 in Current Events, Health Insurance, Supply of Medical Services, Wait Times
From the USA Today, here are the wait times to see a doctor in the following cities:
• Boston: 49.6
• Philadelphia: 27
• Los Angeles: 24.2
• Houston: 23.4
• Washington, D.C.: 22.6
• San Diego 20.2
• Minneapolis: 19.8
• Dallas: 19.2
• New York: 19.2
• Denver: 15.4 days
• Miami: 15.4 days
The first thing that jumps out from these numbers is that Boston has by far the longest wait to see a doctor. Is this caused by the universal health coverage enacted in Massachusetts? The answer is maybe. Physician supply adjusts slowly (i.e., it takes a long time to finish med school). On the other hand, Massachusetts decision to increase insurance coverage lead to a spike in the demand for medical services. Thus, universal health care may have caused the run up in wait times, …
Healthcare Economist · 50 days to see a doctor in Boston…Is Massachusetts’ universal coverage laws the cause?

b. It takes three weeks longer to see a medical specialist in Boston than in any other metropolitan area in the country, according to a study by Merritt, Hawkins & Associates, a physician recruiting and consulting company based in Texas.
More than 95 percent of the Bay State’s population is insured, as state law requires residents to get coverage and prove they have it. The Merritt, Hawkins researchers note health insurance “doesn’t guarantee a quick visit to the doctor.”
The average wait time for an appointment with a doctor in many specialty areas is 50 days, according to the study, with the state’s expansion of subsidized health insurance serving as the main catalyst driving up demand for care.
Wait Times Signal Problem with Massachusetts

c.
1. People in Massachusetts wait a long time to see a doctor. People in Georgia don't.
2. People in Massachusetts also pay a lot for health insurance. People in Georgia don't.
3. Massachusetts in 2006 passed reforms giving almost everybody health insurance. Georgia didn't.
4. Those reforms are the reason people in Massachusetts pay so much for their health insurance and wait so long to see the doctor.
5. President Obama wants to pass national reforms that resemble the Massachusetts state reforms.
6. If President Obama gets his way, all Americans will end up like those cursed people in Massachusetts–paying more for health insurance, waiting longer for care
http://health-care.name/2009/07/08/legos-red-sox-and-those-long-waits-in-massachusetts/

Wait time up, costs up, Emergency Room use up....hooray for RomneyCare and ObamaCare!


Hmmmm....maybe if they keep seniors waiting....terminally....costs will go down.
And, there's the profit from Soylent Green...

Let's move Rightwinger to the head of the class!

 

[Warrior102]

Health care law changing behavior

How anyone can put a negative spin on this is beyond me.

Says the board biggest freeloading Foodstamp recipient.

Have you ever worked/earned anything in your life - or have you been on the government teat since your cradle days in the trailer court?

 

[rightwinger]

Health care law changing behavior

How anyone can put a negative spin on this is beyond me.

After all.......Obama must fail

 

[uscitizen]

Great!! How does that reduce the 454 billion in debt service payments?

It doesn't, but once we lay off all the contractors in the military our debt will drop.

Werent those contractors providing a service that costs less then what the military could do for themselves, or was it the volunteer force that cant produce the numbers for proper logistics?

Lets see... a military cook making private level military wages or a contractor making 8X as much...