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Well, no stock options for him in his private sector job either, husband and wife owned it. :OBut no stock options
Well, no stock options for him in his private sector job either, husband and wife owned it. :OBut no stock options
The issue is that if everyone is contributing (as in a tax based system) then the people who currently pay for health insurance won't be subsidizing the costs of uninsured people seeking emergency treatment for conditions that have gone untreated for too long.
some money will have to be spent in educating people to GET regular medical check-ups and to seek care to diagnose and treat conditions though.
i've been out of dshs for about 16 years but the utilization charts back then for our clients who received entirely free of cost medical coverage from the government clearly showed that many if not most did not do preventative appointments but waited until medical issues became so bad that they became much more dangerous/costly to treat. it was absolutely NUTS to see kids with permanent nerve damage due to repeated untreated ear infections that led to severe mastoids, RICKETS (what kid in this day and age living in sunny california should have rickets? let alone have gone unseen by a doctor long enough that it's never been picked up on???). well before the anti-vax movement the majority of our clients didn't think it was necessary to get their kids immunized until they got to school age and had to for enrollment so each year we had waves of measles and mumps and chickenpox cases filling the much higher cost to operate emergency rooms.
this was'nt for lack of available treatment (an area rich w/providers) or less desirable treatment (same kaiser, public and private hospitals/providers anyone else who lived in that region utilized-and our clients got the choice of which to affiliate themselves with/unlike employer sponsored which made you choose and stick with a plan for an entire year-our clients could change every month if they wished to). this wasn't a population of people illegaly in the u.s. who were fearful of discovery (yes, this was a state/county that provided all forms of benefits to undocumented individuals and families 'off the record'). this was a shared and generational mindset that i don't know if to this day has been effectivly addressed.
I like to travel with friends because then I only have to pay for myself.Every time we drive by the airport and see how full all the parking lots are I comment to my husband that the economy must be hood. (I'm pretty sure he's tired of hearing me say it .)
I love to go solo to WDW and next month am splurging on an $80 dessert party . I don't know how families afford Disney!
but not likely to see kids with untreated rickets there
I for one would rather keep my private insurance. There are too many horror stories in the VA system, and so much fraud with Medicaid. And my mom pays several hundred a month to supplement her supposed “free” Medicare insurance that everyone seems to want.
People seem to forget that taxes will go up if we have socialized healthcare so what's the difference if I pay 20% of my income for taxes or 20% of my income in healthcare costs. Sure it sounds all wonderful (until actual facts not emotions are considered) but if you're having trouble making ends meet then nothing will change. The only people who come out ahead are those who don't pay taxes or pay very little in taxes. And with some lawmakers suggesting Medicare and Social Security for non-citizens then there is no way the system will work if millions aren't even paying into the system at all.
The difference is that living and dying won't be so directly correlated to financial affluence.People seem to forget that taxes will go up if we have socialized healthcare so what's the difference if I pay 20% of my income for taxes or 20% of my income in healthcare costs.
Unemployment is bad optics, so instead the economy has been restructured to hide it behind underemployment.Unemployment was 10% in the 80's when we started out compared to 3% now
I don't see any reason why people can't be given the opportunity to ignore their state-provided benefits and engage with private companies for alternatives. Heck, I remember back when I was growing up some of our neighbors chose to ignore the schools that were provided for them by the government and put their children into private schools. No problem.I for one would rather keep my private insurance. There are too many horror stories in the VA system, and so much fraud with Medicaid. And my mom pays several hundred a month to supplement her supposed “free” Medicare insurance that everyone seems to want.
So what you're saying is that Canada's system is better than the United States' except in one aspect, where its system is just as good as the United States'.A lot of people don’t realize that Canadians who aren’t of retirement age have to pay for their own prescription drugs which can be quite costly for people who have chronic health conditions.
What you said earlier made it sound like you were blaming the teachers for "demand[ing]" fair wages and class sizes more in keeping with educational standards. Is that not what you meant? One issue with how the budget is being divided up is how administrators, probably at the direction of elected officials, are paying down debt instead of doing those things they agreed to do, things that would make education more effective. The people making that decision were hired by people elected by voters, which brings us back to the point I was making: "The buck stops [t]here..." - with elected leaders and with the voters who put them there.They've got the same pot of money as any other district in California. ($10,291 per year per student) I don't think the pot is the issue, it is how it has been divided up.
Contrary to scare tactics by some groups with agendas, people in this country aren’t dying because of lack available healthcare. As a mother to two physicians Medicaid is free to no income individuals and Obamacare is very low cost to low income people. And having a daughter who works in the ER, no one is turned away and the majority of her patients don’t have private insurance at all. There are also free clinics and free prescription services available for those in need. However you can’t make people seek healthcare and you can’t legislate lifestyle choices. There are many more deaths in the country from drug abuse than any so-called people lying in the streets waiting to see a doctor.The difference is that living and dying won't be so directly correlated to financial affluence.
Contrary to scare tactics by some groups with agendas, people in this country aren’t dying because of lack available healthcare. As a mother to two physicians Medicaid is free to no income individuals and Obamacare is very low cost to low income people. And having a daughter who works in the ER, no one is turned away and the majority of her patients don’t have private insurance at all. There are also free clinics and free prescription services available for those in need. However you can’t make people seek healthcare and you can’t legislate lifestyle choices. There are many more deaths in the country from drug abuse than any so-called people lying in the streets waiting to see a doctor.
You are (incorrectly) assuming healthcare facilities are available to 100% of our population. Not even close.Contrary to scare tactics by some groups with agendas, people in this country aren’t dying because of lack available healthcare. As a mother to two physicians Medicaid is free to no income individuals and Obamacare is very low cost to low income people. And having a daughter who works in the ER, no one is turned away and the majority of her patients don’t have private insurance at all. There are also free clinics and free prescription services available for those in need. However you can’t make people seek healthcare and you can’t legislate lifestyle choices. There are many more deaths in the country from drug abuse than any so-called people lying in the streets waiting to see a doctor.
The opioid problem is an epidemic across the country, not just the NE.The opioid problem is really concentrated in the northeast part of this country. Then we have the measles issue to. The news does do a good job of scaring people.
The problem with ACA is that the plans that are affordable are really expensive. The affordability part of ACA is missing. And the plans get worse each year.
What we really need is price controls.
Where are you getting the idea that everyone gets health care in the U.S. regardless of their ability to pay for it? If you can't afford a prescription, the pharmacy won't give it to you. If you can't afford to pay the balance charged by your doctor's office, they won't schedule you for future appointments. They also won't let you in for an appointment if you can't pay the copay.What folks are always discussing is the cost of US Healthcare and who should bear it. Right now, we have a cost system that allows everyone the best in the world care, whether they can afford it...
What you said earlier made it sound like you were blaming the teachers for "demand[ing]" fair wages and class sizes more in keeping with educational standards. Is that not what you meant? One issue with how the budget is being divided up is how administrators, probably at the direction of elected officials, are paying down debt instead of doing those things they agreed to do, things that would make education more effective. The people making that decision were hired by people elected by voters, which brings us back to the point I was making: "The buck stops [t]here..." - with elected leaders and with the voters who put them there.
Part of the problem is that California remains below average in funding education, and in the past there was big problems with community-by-community funding differences. That economic injustice perhaps is where that debt came from, and if so should be paid off by the state, not the district. That's another way that that the true accountability for the situation might flow up to the elected leaders and with the voters who put them there.
Where are you getting the idea that everyone gets health care here regardless of their ability to pay for it? If you can't afford a prescription, the pharmacy won't give it to you. If you can't afford to pay my doctor's office, they won't schedule you for future appointments.
You seem to think that the health care in America is open-access for all, and that is untrue. Anyone will get emergency room services, but emergency room services are not the bulk of real health care.