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bullshit
thats not even close to the truth
they provide the coverage they agreed to provide in the contract
Fine....Don't carry insurance and save up for your own potential medical services.bullshit
thats not even close to the truth
they provide the coverage they agreed to provide in the contract
Misfortune Tellers: 10 ways insurance companies will screw you. at DailyStrength
Where’s the Outrage? » Why Are Congressional Democrats Screwing Up Healthcare Reform? (Update)
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Yup, how is living down in the rabbit's hole doing?
bullshit
thats not even close to the truth
they provide the coverage they agreed to provide in the contract
Executives of three of the nation's largest health insurers told federal lawmakers in Washington on Tuesday that they would continue canceling medical coverage for some sick policyholders, despite withering criticism from Republican and Democratic members of Congress who decried the practice as unfair and abusive.
The hearing on the controversial action known as rescission, which has left thousands of Americans burdened with costly medical bills despite paying insurance premiums, began a day after President Obama outlined his proposals for revamping the nation's healthcare system.
An investigation by the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations showed that health insurers WellPoint Inc., UnitedHealth Group and Assurant Inc. canceled the coverage of more than 20,000 people, allowing the companies to avoid paying more than $300 million in medical claims over a five-year period.
It also found that policyholders with breast cancer, lymphoma and more than 1,000 other conditions were targeted for rescission and that employees were praised in performance reviews for terminating the policies of customers with expensive illnesses.
But they would not commit to limiting rescissions to only policyholders who intentionally lie or commit fraud to obtain coverage, a refusal that met with dismay from legislators on both sides of the political aisle.
Late in the hearing, Stupak, the committee chairman, put the executives on the spot. Stupak asked each of them whether he would at least commit his company to immediately stop rescissions except where they could show "intentional fraud."
The answer from all three executives:
"No."
Tough shit....Go on Medicare/Medicaid.
They're miracles....Haven't you heard??
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., a leader of fiscally conservative House Democrats, said Wednesday a House plan to overhaul the U.S. health-care system is losing support and will be stuck in committee without changes.
"Last time I checked, it takes seven Democrats to stop a bill in the Energy and Commerce Committee," Ross told reporters after a House vote. "We had seven against it last Friday; we have 10 today."
Three House committees are slated to begin considering the $1 trillion-plus bill this week, but the Energy and Commerce looms as the biggest challenge. That's because it counts among its 36 Democratic members seven members of the Blue Dog Coalition, a fiscally conservative bloc that is opposing the House Democrats' effort
Centrist Dem Leader: Has Committee Votes To Block Health Bill
Good.
Now hopefully there will be some form of honest debate and compromise on the bill.
Oh wait, this is Congress we are talking about. Scratch the honest part and hope for compromise.
Fine....Don't carry insurance and save up for your own potential medical services.bullshit
thats not even close to the truth
they provide the coverage they agreed to provide in the contract
Misfortune Tellers: 10 ways insurance companies will screw you. at DailyStrength
Where’s the Outrage? » Why Are Congressional Democrats Screwing Up Healthcare Reform? (Update)
5 Loopholes Where Your Insurance Company Can Screw You Over | 24/7 Quote US - Online Insurance Quotes, Tips, and News!
You May Be One Serious Illness Away From Bankruptcy | 24/7 Quote US - Online Insurance Quotes, Tips, and News!
Yup, how is living down in the rabbit's hole doing?
Who in hell made it a right to have a third party pay for your medical bills??
Fine....Don't carry insurance and save up for your own potential medical services.Misfortune Tellers: 10 ways insurance companies will screw you. at DailyStrength
Where’s the Outrage? » Why Are Congressional Democrats Screwing Up Healthcare Reform? (Update)
5 Loopholes Where Your Insurance Company Can Screw You Over | 24/7 Quote US - Online Insurance Quotes, Tips, and News!
You May Be One Serious Illness Away From Bankruptcy | 24/7 Quote US - Online Insurance Quotes, Tips, and News!
Yup, how is living down in the rabbit's hole doing?
Who in hell made it a right to have a third party pay for your medical bills??
Not really sure who or if it really even is but I think it's wrong to deny the sick medical care. I think that we as a society should be able to come up with a way to ensure all those who need care get it. How that can be accomplished efficiently is something I don't have the answer to but I would like to see that goal reached. Your attitude seems to be somewhere along the lines of "fuck 'em."
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., a leader of fiscally conservative House Democrats, said Wednesday a House plan to overhaul the U.S. health-care system is losing support and will be stuck in committee without changes.
"Last time I checked, it takes seven Democrats to stop a bill in the Energy and Commerce Committee," Ross told reporters after a House vote. "We had seven against it last Friday; we have 10 today."
Three House committees are slated to begin considering the $1 trillion-plus bill this week, but the Energy and Commerce looms as the biggest challenge. That's because it counts among its 36 Democratic members seven members of the Blue Dog Coalition, a fiscally conservative bloc that is opposing the House Democrats' effort
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-ma...eaderhas-committee-votes-to-block-health-bill
wait. what are the Lefties gonna do with no republicans to blame for this?
half those 50 million are either in transition to other jobs or recently unemployed
and many in the other half have access to it but they just choose not to get
Fine....Don't carry insurance and save up for your own potential medical services.
Who in hell made it a right to have a third party pay for your medical bills??
Not really sure who or if it really even is but I think it's wrong to deny the sick medical care. I think that we as a society should be able to come up with a way to ensure all those who need care get it. How that can be accomplished efficiently is something I don't have the answer to but I would like to see that goal reached. Your attitude seems to be somewhere along the lines of "fuck 'em."
All those who need medical care can get it now even if they don't have medical insurance. For routine care and testing, there are free and sliding scale clinics available from the US Health Service, most teaching hospitals and a variety of non profits in virtually every city and every rural area, and for treatment of more serious illnesses, anyone can qualify for Medicaid once they spend down their income and assets. The whole focus of the House bill and the Kennedy-Dodd bill is to shift the cost of care for uninsured people from them to other taxpayers, not to provide health care that is already available.
Not really sure who or if it really even is but I think it's wrong to deny the sick medical care. I think that we as a society should be able to come up with a way to ensure all those who need care get it. How that can be accomplished efficiently is something I don't have the answer to but I would like to see that goal reached. Your attitude seems to be somewhere along the lines of "fuck 'em."
All those who need medical care can get it now even if they don't have medical insurance. For routine care and testing, there are free and sliding scale clinics available from the US Health Service, most teaching hospitals and a variety of non profits in virtually every city and every rural area, and for treatment of more serious illnesses, anyone can qualify for Medicaid once they spend down their income and assets. The whole focus of the House bill and the Kennedy-Dodd bill is to shift the cost of care for uninsured people from them to other taxpayers, not to provide health care that is already available.
True, but you aren't addressing the problems that we have in our healthcare system. Pre existing conditions, the fact that we pay more and get less. Most bankruptsies are due to healthcare costs, poor people go to emergency rooms and get free healthcare at our expense, etc.
For profits should not be in charge of healthcare. Its not a good fit. They will keep raising their prices to max profits. They don't care about the sick. The sick cut into their profits. Blablabla.
addressing the problems that we have in our healthcare system.
All those who need medical care can get it now even if they don't have medical insurance. For routine care and testing, there are free and sliding scale clinics available from the US Health Service, most teaching hospitals and a variety of non profits in virtually every city and every rural area, and for treatment of more serious illnesses, anyone can qualify for Medicaid once they spend down their income and assets. The whole focus of the House bill and the Kennedy-Dodd bill is to shift the cost of care for uninsured people from them to other taxpayers, not to provide health care that is already available.
True, but you aren't addressing the problems that we have in our healthcare system. Pre existing conditions, the fact that we pay more and get less. Most bankruptsies are due to healthcare costs, poor people go to emergency rooms and get free healthcare at our expense, etc.
For profits should not be in charge of healthcare. Its not a good fit. They will keep raising their prices to max profits. They don't care about the sick. The sick cut into their profits. Blablabla.
Again, health care is available to everyone now even if you don't have health insurance and under the present plan, it costs taxpayers trillions of dollars less than it would under the Dem plans. The Dem plans are good news for uninsured people who get sick and have to spend down their incomes and assets to qualify for Medicaid and bad news for everyone else.
Private insurance companies may or may not care about sick people but with very few exceptions they do live up to the terms of their policies. Virtually every new piece of equipment and every new technology available to your doctor has been paid for with insurance money because the insurance companies are bound by their policies to cover efficacious new diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
If you are uninsured for any reason, you can get fairly comprehensive routine medical and dental care, even for mild to moderate chronic condition like diabetes, at a variety of free clinics located throughout the US. For example, if you go to a US Health Service clinic, you will be seen by a physician, provided with basic diagnostic tests such as blood work and x-rays and in most cases given prescribed medications and small medical devices all for free or for a sliding scale fee depending on the financial information you provide. The problem with this system is that if you develop a more serious illness that requires tests and treatments beyond the scope of the clinic, you might have to spend down your assets and income to the point of poverty before you would qualify for Medicaid.
Again, medical care is already available to the uninsured, and the Dem bills only really address the issue of whether the uninsured pays for it or other taxpayers do. If we decide other taxpayers should pay for it, doesn't the government owe it to those other taxpayers to provide this financial relief to the uninsured in the least expensive way that is likely to produce good health outcomes? The federal government can do this by starting a public service program that encourages uninsured people to get their routine care from already existing free clinics, providing tax incentives for people who increase their charitable giving to help fund these clinics and by providing sliding scale subsidies to uninsured who honestly cannot afford to buy their own insurance for any reason to buy catastrophic health insurance that will only kick in when their needs go beyond what can be provided at the free clinics. This would provide universal health care without requiring anyone to go broke to get it at a cost hundreds of billions of dollars less for taxpayers than the Obama-Dem bills will.
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., a leader of fiscally conservative House Democrats, said Wednesday a House plan to overhaul the U.S. health-care system is losing support and will be stuck in committee without changes.
"Last time I checked, it takes seven Democrats to stop a bill in the Energy and Commerce Committee," Ross told reporters after a House vote. "We had seven against it last Friday; we have 10 today."
Three House committees are slated to begin considering the $1 trillion-plus bill this week, but the Energy and Commerce looms as the biggest challenge. That's because it counts among its 36 Democratic members seven members of the Blue Dog Coalition, a fiscally conservative bloc that is opposing the House Democrats' effort
Centrist Dem Leader: Has Committee Votes To Block Health Bill
addressing the problems that we have in our healthcare system.
Yay! Everything's going to stay the same! 50 Million People still won't have healthcare! And insurance companies are going to keep fucking you in the ass! Isn't that awesome?
Good job, guys. *thumbs up*
when you were between 18 and 25 did you have medical coverage?half those 50 million are either in transition to other jobs or recently unemployed
and many in the other half have access to it but they just choose not to get
you know, i know that's what the repubs are trying to say, but I've seen not one iota of proof of that.
do you really think it's logical that people would CHOOSE not to avail themselves of medical coverage if it were available?
You're a "house slave?"addressing the problems that we have in our healthcare system.
Waaa Obama is a socialist! Waaaa he's going to ruin America!!! Waaaaa we have to give the corporations more tax breaks because I'm a house slave and I got it good.
Yes life got worse for the house slave after slavery was abolished, but life got better for the field slaves, and there were a lot more field slaves than house slaves. And consider this. If the house slave would have had his way, black people would still be slaves.
Yay! Everything's going to stay the same! 50 Million People still won't have healthcare! And insurance companies are going to keep fucking you in the ass! Isn't that awesome?
Good job, guys. *thumbs up*
No one is cheering for the status quo. What Obama doesn't seem to get yet, is that it isn't enough to just to something, anything about it. It needs to be the right solution and as a lefty his first idea for a solution for a problem is going to be let goverment handle it.
