Bad thread title. I did exactly what it said and completely ignored it till I realized people were posting replies.
access to fast medical help in reatil stores...what a great idea ...to bad we have that? Needless to say this part of his plan is already in place and while nice, its not going to fix the health care system. And it was also very limited in what you could get done there.
This is a typical political tactic of proposing things the free market has already created and claiming credit. Al Gore / Internet.
his plan for caping lawsuits...it could be fine, but what cap? and who decideds what is a bad lawsuit? I thoght we had as that judical system in place that was suppose to do that . I could be fine with a cap, but I question if its realy the issue...or if insurance companys are just useing it as a excuse to rape more profits from Dr's and Medical professionals.
Insurance companies compete for business. They are not going to raise their rates, unless everyone is raising their rates. If everyone is raising their rates, there is a reason for it. Different states have different litigation restrictions. For example, Florida has horrible lawsuit happy legislation. As such malpractice insurance there can be as high as $277,000/yr, where as Oklahoma, the average is about $17K.
"encuraging states to lower costs" what a great plan...tell states to try to lower costs....Im not sure what the states are going to do, but lets put it all on them...after all the republicans have been good at that before...NO Child Lift Behind...here states do this....and no will will not fund it we just shifted the problem to you and said look what we did....
Actually, to some extent, I agree with this. Under the Constitution, the federal government has no legal right to deal with this issue. All rights not explicitly stated as domain of the Federal government, are reserved for the states, as it should be. The Federal should have no dealings with education either. It's up to the state if they wish to implement, or improve.
That said, the Federal government is what is causing most of the problems in the health care industry, and as such, they maybe should try and fix it, but rather stop harming it by undoing the legislation that has caused the problems.
ReImporting drugs.....Both McCain and Obama talked about this...my question why should we have to reimport them? If they can send teh drug to the UK or Canada and then send them back to here cheaper....then something is wrong with our system or they are just raping us ...Fix that and then we dont need ti Re import.. and that should be even cheaper....I put my money on the rape part,,,,but im sure its a combo of factors.
I do not understand this either, unless it refers to generic drugs. Generic drugs present a specific problem. One company spends millions creating a drug. Then when they finely come out with the drug, someone copies it and undercuts them by a ton. The result is one of two things. One, they raise the price of other drugs not yet copied, in order to cover the cost of R&D of the copied one. Two, they reduce spending on R&D, which results in few new better drugs being produced. In either case, we the consumer lose, either in the short term by high priced drugs which do not have alternatives, or long term by drugs that will never be created because of lower R&D funding.
the smoking thing....realy people dont know there are programs? Cuz I see adds all the time for patches, clinics, Blue Cross has a program, ext....here in MN we have a new program in place..called you cant smoke at the bar...I know many who just stopped after that....
Reducing smoking will not help anyway. That's conventional wisdom that fails the reality test. The information suggests that smokers die quicker, resulting in less of a drain on health care costs.
Basicly his whole plan, let insurance compeat more, and thats it....there is not much for compeating for plans as I will just guess 90% of coverage by Americans is picked in this way....my work offers this...soi that is what I have....it sucks but thats what they offer and I am not going to pay even more for some other plan that they dont help cover the cost on, I cant afford that.
First, we need to break the link between work and insurance. When the insurance company feels they have you locked in, they don't have to worry about competition that much. You work for ZZZ corp, you have to go with us.
Second, we have to reduce taxes so people have more money to spend on the insurance they need.
Third, we need to stop Medicare and Medicaid from dictating prices to health care providers. When Medicare says we are only paying $300 for this $1,000 dollar treatment, that cost is passed on to paying customers, thus Insurance companies, thus our premiums.
Its not just the goverment says here this is yoru coverage,,,,but it offers evryone a chance to buy coverage, and useing the power sams club ( aka massive amount of people and thus power) get basic coverage at a lower price to anyone. And credits to help those who still fall below the set standard income to help them make sure they get coverage. And Coverage for kids I think needs to be a major focus...kids dont have a choice in coverage , they ccant choose to get coverage , and should not be punished for the fact their parents chose not to, or just simply cant. I think there is enough in the plan to try to push for them to compeate, reduce cost, and also ways for all familys to have a chance to get into a plan , and not have that plan tied to your job. Health care being tied to jobs to me, is a Giant Shackle on the leg of workers that makes movment in the job market harder and hard, even more so for someone with kids, or a illness already.
Its a huge plan, and I am sure not all of it would pass, but I think its the best blueprint to start with, and after making some moves to get a few moderate republicans to it, would be the best plan by far..
Bad plan. It will become a major boondoggle and cost billions. Why do we Americans have to always learn obvious lessons the hard way? Why do we even have a history class in our schools when no one seems to learn anything from them?
How many times does socialism have to fail before we get that socialism fails? How many socialized health care systems the world over are in horrible condition, and yet we still want to try it here? We have Obama stand up and tell people what they want to hear, even though it has no chance of working, and we think it's a good plan?
VA Hospitals are socialized health care. They suck. Masshealth is a Mass-failure, with inadequate care, poor service, and long lines. Canadians are flying all over the planet to get health care, when they get free care at home, why? France is using medications that are 10 years old, and obsolete in the US, because their government won't pay for newer drugs. They don't even have the option. Brazil for a time, because hospital beds and space was so tight, they simply euthanized chronically ill patents when they needed the room.
We need to stop this stupidity that Government is going to 'fix' something. Government is the whole reason it's broke to begin with. You don't force hospitals to lower costs, that's a bad plan. Look at Canada with a national doctor shortage. Why? Because it's not worth practicing in Canada. Why do you think they spend so much less on health care? Because they don't pay their people much, and they leave and practice in the US.
We get this idea Government is going to lower health care cost. Maybe they will, but what will we lose in service? To get an MRI, the average Canadian waits months, sometimes a year. If your in pain, and told you might have cancer, and you know that every day you could be one step closer to being terminal, you want to wait a year to get an MRI?
But at least it will be cheaper or free to get the MRI to find out you waited too long to operate and now have only a few months to live.
Why can't we learn from the mistakes of others, without having to replicate them here? I just don't get it. Americans truly are stupid sometimes.
