they want to dismantle the ACA , allow ins to cross state lines, already does, have HSA's , we already do.
Don't be fooled , read about Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and United Healthcare Group and a few other giants. They gobble up smaller health ins companies like Pac man, and do whatever they want to the prices.
I don't think I heard one GOP talk about prescription prices. If they did, it was not a big deal for them as I listened to all debates.
Trump doesn't know jack about HI, and all those coming out to endorse him, is just because they will want favors.
Funny,I seem to remember Barry telling us we'd save $2500 a year on our healthcare insurance.
And yet you somehow believe that a couple of socialist are going to save you money?
My husband has had private ins for years, I know all about health ins believe me. Lucky for him, the ACA came along, as healthy as he is, he may have an accident or get dx with ca tomorrow, and we will have a safety net , instead of losing our home and everything else.
Most who do not have ins, make over 50 grand a year, but most likely under 80, and they just don't think they need ins. I am happy its mandatory now, everyone pays according to their incomes.
My private insurance was great.
And you cant tell me shit about insurance.
I was diagnosed with cancer and had a hip replacement in one year and it didnt cost me shit out of pocket.
That is good insurance. The crap Barry is peddling is a joke for twice the cost in premiums and a deductible that would break the very people you claim it would help.
Unless of course you're already sucking the government tit.
Barry isn't peddling anything. This issue is so much bigger than people want to admit, and therefore we get trivial arguments as to what is causing healthcare spending to increase. My private health insurance rates had been increasing year after year, and the deductibles kept increasing also, before Obamacare. Then I had to move to another state. Because I had a pre-existing condition, I was denied insurance, even though I had insurance in another state. I went two years without insurance, which actually saved me money, before Obamacare went into effect. Now I have insurance again, so I am covered if anything bad happens and I get hit with a really big bill.
The reason prices are going up has nothing to do with insurance or Obamacare. It all has to do with hospitals and the care they provide. They are the driving force behind these cost increases. I have an ultrasound done every year. If I go to the hospital to have it done, they charge me over $2000. Since I have to pay out of pocket, I go to a stand alone imaging center where they charge me under $500, for the same exact procedure. Insurance companies will pay for the hospital, if it is not part of your deductible. They don't care where you go and actually prefer you go to the hospital The more they can increase rates, the more they make. There is no true incentive for insurance companies to actually reduce costs you see. But here is an even bigger problem. While Medicare keeps costs down, it does so in an artificial manner. Because there are so many on Medicare, and that number increases daily, hospitals have to accept Medicare, but in many cases it isn't enough, so the costs are transferred to private insurance. In other words, when we are paying our health insurance bill, much of it is going to subsidize Medicare.
This is why we need to really look at the entire system if we want to make meaningful cuts in cost. It's also why a one payer system is needed. The problem with plans like that of Bernie Sanders is that he wants one payer only, rather than having one payer as the first option along with supplemental private insurance for those who want that . We also should consider making hospitals more like utility companies, where there is more consumer control over them but where they are still private for profit businesses. There is so much that we could be doing in healthcare to reduce costs, but we have way too much finger pointing, and most of it is all at the wrong things.
