Comments on: The internal contradictions of ObamaCare

By: usakindatheart

usakindatheart — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:01:20 +0000

well OBAMACARE past…
THE BLACK HOLE IS BEGINNING
WONDER when they are going to go after the nurses salaries
to see so many strikes, wonder how soon the other
contry nurses will come in and take the jobs for
min wage…
come to the U>S>A and get citizen ship
just have to be a nurse and work for peon wages…

Does anyone know the second country that pays the most
for nurses besides U.S.A.

By: Whirlaway

Whirlaway — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:39:53 +0000

“…medical-liability reform could produce big cost savings. The Congressional Budget Office pegs the savings in overall healthcare spending at $110 billion over 10 years.”

Why not count it for 100 years and say that it saves over a TRILLION dollars, huh?

The $11 billion/year savings is not even 1/2% of our total health care spending of over $2400 billion every year.

Moreover, researchers like Atul Gawande have shown that even in case of states where there has been medical malpractice insurance reform, the total healthcare costs have NOT come down.

By: njre

njre — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:42:59 +0000

No matter how you slice an dice it Obamacare is a horror, as seen in this video:
’3-D Halloween Obamacare Horror Show’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpQlTN9kg fo

How can anyone trust Obamacare designed by Obama who spends a million bucks to hire attorneys to hide his original vaulted long form birth certificate? Everyone is asking why he hides the bc:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/20917727/WHOAR ETHEBIRTHERS4-0

By: joan

joan — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:19:44 +0000

If Congress really want to help cut healthcare costs, they would allow interstate competition, and enact tort reform. There is no country in the world where doctors have to pay 1/4 million a year for insurance, and where the losing plaintiff doesn’t have to pay. That would slow the frivolous suits. Are there so many ambulance chasers out there that they control Congress? It looks like it.

By: Kurt Hahn

Kurt Hahn — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:08 +0000

12 MILLION WITH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLANS LEFT OUT IN THE COLD BY SENATOR REID

The $530 billion in Medicare savings up to this point have always been a bit of a mistery in Obamacare but no more. Senator Reid in a bid to increase savings reported by the Congressional Budget Office proposes to cut dramatically reeinbursements under the Medicare Advantage Plans which will force many companies out of that portion of their business and cause rates to skyrocket for those remaining. This includes all Kaiser’s Medicare plans, AARP’s Senior Advantage, CalPERS Bluue Shield Medicare Advantage plan among others. Call Senator Reid’s Office today and voice your opposition. The balance of the savings will have to come from undefined rationing.

Other Reid changes which will increase costs include further expansion of Medicaid coverage with it associatred cost shifting and taxes of durable medical equipment which gets passes on to the insurance buyer.

Speakup now because the promise that you can keep the insurance you have if you like it is evaporating right their before our eyes.

A Hospital Director from California

By: kolla

kolla — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:40:42 +0000

What Obama needs to do is change and apply his quote below to what the Chase Bank is doing to millions of its customers who were lured to a small % credit card by AARP only to have Chase now say they are changing the % rate plus it will no longer be a fixed rate card….

“These are the very taxpayers who stood by America’s banks in a crisis — and now it’s time for our banks to stand by credit-worthy US CITIZENS, and make the loans they need to open their doors, grow their operations, and create new jobs,” he said.

By: Not Unemployed anymore

Not Unemployed anymore — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:37:26 +0000

Bring down the compensation of medical professionals and the hospital costs which are outrageous. I was billed 13,000 for the slipshod mistreatment in a hospital emergency room which occupied 2.5 hours of my and a scant few med techs. Where was the value I am forced to associate with my time and paycheck? I am still in poor physical 6 months later with undiagnosed broken bones and God only knows what else. Because I refused to allow the hospital to run my bill even higher with irrelevant tests, I was compelled to leave the hospital being dragged by my elderly parents to the parking lot. A wheelchair was asked for but my parents were ignored. If my parents had fallen and gotten hurt, the hospital would have my name on the marquis today. That’s how angry I am at this whole keep the wealthy wealthy system in this declining nation.

By: Ernie Banks

Ernie Banks — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:31:45 +0000

Obama started this debate by setting 3 goals: more access for poor people, reducing the long-term growth rate of costs, and making insurance more affordable.

It is beginning to look like he will accomplish the first goal, making medicine more accessible. But he is doing nothing to reduce costs, and the regulations being proposed will make health insurance even more expensive.

If the Democrats persist and pass this abomination, they may just lose control of the House of Representatives next year.

Then Nancy Pelosi will lose her staff, her private plane, and get the tiny office under the stairs.

That’s a change I could believe in.

By: JohnisGood

JohnisGood — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:35:08 +0000

This is why Obama wants bipartisanship.

This is why he wants the Republicans to help, even when the Democrats already have a supermajority.

Because Obama knows this reform is a turkey. And now he is chained to it. And eventually the turkey is going to start giving off the stench of failure.

So he needs to somehow shift the blame….before the American people find out.

By: s. valenti

s. valenti — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:25:00 +0000

One of the big differences are therapies that prolong life but not always add to the quality of life. An example, the US reimburses for long term dialysis treatments and therapies for people with renal disease (via Medicare). I bet most Americans aren’t aware that among dialysis patients there are significant numbers of illicit drug users. Dialysis is a big business in the US – most treatments are delivered by a handful of companies.

Don’t look for any restrictions in dialysis services under health reform.