5 facts about the uninsured

[GoodWitch58]

DEATH PANELS!!!

oh yeah, I forgot about those!

 

[30ashopper]

I am curious about why so many seniors who are eligible for Medicare are so against the reform?

Cuts in Medicare Advantage were used to pay for the bill. Despite how wasteful MA is, it's very popular amoung seniors.

 

[mot]

Scooter: I've tried, time after time, to get some of these posters to come up with specifics about any number of issues, and it never happens. Don't hold your breath.

Need a public option.

 

[GoodWitch58]

Cuts in Medicare Advantage were used to pay for the bill. Despite how wasteful MA is, it's very popular amoung seniors.

But isn't there savings overall to all Seniors...http://www.healthreform.gov/reports/medicare/medicare.pdf

 

[30ashopper]

But isn't there savings overall to all Seniors...http://www.healthreform.gov/reports/medicare/medicare.pdf

Hmm, does that actually reflect the final bill? For example, the 20% payment cuts were an important part of bringing the cost of the bill down. But in here they are claiming those costs cuts will not happen, which doesn't make any sense.

Reading through that makes me sad. Some of the most expensive programs with massive cost over runs are going to expand. In one paragraph they talk of cost savings, in another they talk of expanded coverage for drugs, no co-pays, and free services that most countries with heavily regulated health care systems ration. Frightning. This whole thing is going to cost so much more than anyone currently thinks.

 

[30ashopper]

I guess that didn't make it into the bill.

Medical News: It's Official: Medicare Slashes Doc Pay By a Fourth - in Public Health & Policy, Medicare from MedPage Today

 

[Matt J]

Gov't run healthcare as written will suck, period. A majority of Americans want it gone. Mitch is doing exactly what he was elected to do.

Repeal the existing law and rewrite one that makes sense. Lets not vote for something without even reading it. Lets take the proper amount of time and discuss it openly in a public forum. Everyone would know what's in it, how it would apply to them and alleviate the current burdens of cost and access to care. Any decent person wants a well written bill that we as Americans can be proud of.

Healthcare reform could actually bring us together as a nation instead of tearing us apart with the crap we have now. Seriously why can't we do this?

Well then lets take a look at Mitch's district shall we?

I would bet that the uninsured rate is at least 80% probably higher. Now if you are in that 80% do you want no health care or sucky health care? Personally I'd choose the latter.

Essentially the message from the Republican party regarding health care is that if you don't have it we're not even going to try, we're just going to take the little bit of hope you had away.