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24 Responses to “Public Sector to the Rescue”

1. Bemused Says:
   August 26th, 2008 at 4:09 pm

   It’s also worth noting that there’s a difference between being insured and having good coverage. See, for example, this post about the negative consequences of coverage under an HSA/high deductible insurance plan arrangement: http://funfit40something.com/2008/08/25/improving-my-health-made-me-uninsurable/.

   It’s possible to technically have insurance and still not be able to seek medical care that you need. And, as the post makes clear, the system penalizes those who have the gall to seek treatment or fill prescriptions under their plans.

2. van Says:
   August 26th, 2008 at 4:39 pm

   It’s also worth noting that Medicaid is a program for those in poverty.

3. Kevin Says:
   August 26th, 2008 at 4:44 pm

   America needs to provide adequate Basic Healthcare, NOT HEALTH INSURANCE ! ! !
   HEALTH INSURANCE IS NOT DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE, PERIOD. ALL HEALTH INSURANCE IS RUN BY A CORPORATION. IN AMERICA, A CORPORATION IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO INCREASE THE DIVIDEND PAID TO SHAREHOLDERS, PERIOD ! ! ! !

   I am single and in my forties, a policy for me would cost at least $500 A MONTH. That is $6,000 per year, with a SIZEABLE COPAY (deductible) ! ! ! As far I could tell a basic physical and lab work would count towards deductible, I don’t have money to throw away like that. So I am one of the 40+ million uninsured who hope that some sanity comes to America.
   To help pay for my plan to allow everyone access to BASIC healthcare, the Botox, liposuction, implant, buy youself esteem crowd who be paying at least 10 times what they pay now for these VANITY procedures to help offset the costs of providing the basics for ALL. If your procedure IS ELECTIVE, there WILL BE A SURCHARGE, if your NON LIFE threatening procedure is scheduled to be done in the future BUT YOU WANT IT NOW, there is a SURCHARGE! ! !

   etc…

   IT REALLY IS SIMPLE ! ! !

4. JonF Says:
   August 26th, 2008 at 9:16 pm

   Re: The reason the overall numbers look good is rising enrollment in public insurance programs, particularly Medicaid.

   It’s also true that many tsates (including some controlled by the GOP) have continued to expand SCHIPS enrollment despitet he Bush administration’s oppsoition. And the increase in people on disability also increases the number of people on Medicare since they become eligible for coverage after a year (this has become a means for people to take early retirement who do not have retirement coverage through work; get disability, pay COBRA for a year, and then they’re on Medicare as well as Social Security)

5. AB Says:
   August 26th, 2008 at 11:12 pm

   Kevin, you forgot about the pony

6. Ed Marshall Says:
   August 27th, 2008 at 12:46 am

   To help pay for my plan to allow everyone access to BASIC healthcare, the Botox, liposuction, implant, buy youself esteem crowd who be paying at least 10 times what they pay now for these VANITY procedures to help offset the costs of providing the basics for ALL.

   I work for a pretty snotty international corporation and as far as I know I’ve got as good health benefits as you can get and they are subsidized at like 10-1 to my contribution. I can’t get Botox, liposuction, implants or anything else. If there is a firm out there offering such a thing lemme know, because I’d transfer.

   This isn’t the problem…

7. gpawelski Says:
   August 31st, 2008 at 10:32 am

   Maggie Mahar did a very good (and very depressing) piece on the fallacy of declining uninsured.

   http://www.healthbeatblog.org:80/2008/08/poverty-health.html

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