Obamacare adds $85 million to Medicaid by reducing Medicare just as baby boomers are reaching 65. This means rationing of treatment to elderly like joint replacements, angioplasty, and cataract surgery. Watch this video which is a real eye-opener! A woman in America diagnosed with breast cancer has a 90% chance of survival compared to 80% in Europe. One in four men diagnosed with prostate cancer outside the U.S. die from it. Ninety-nine percent in the U.S. survive. Obamacare will eviscerate the U.S. health system.
I'm not sure how this is any different than what insurance companies do, except you think it is OK for a for-profit company to deny care in the vein of saving money?
ReplyDeleteMy insurance company doesn't have a committee that checks out my symptoms and tells my doctor what he can do to treat me. Do you really want government bureaucrats between you and your doctor?
ReplyDeleteMy insurance company has exactly that. It's called the procedure review board and it can and does deny coverage. For instance, I had a large growth on my forehead. It was biopsied and benign. But it was going to keep growing, so I wanted it removed. However, since it was benign... the insurance company refused to pay for it to be removed.
ReplyDeleteOr my mother needed a hysterectomy due to some abnormal (but non-cancerous) cysts... again, after many discussions with her doctor, they refused to pay for the procedure, stating that she could instead have a d&c as much as once every 8 months to remove the cysts. I have lots of bureaucrats standing between me and my doctor, and they all work for BCBS.
I really don't see how the govt can do much worse. However, if you have a good private insurance policy right now I can see your doubt.
I obviously have better insurance. Which leads me to believe that the answer isn't turning health care over to the "Post Office" or the "DMV" but to increase competition among private insurers.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mary Ann, for this post and your comments.
ReplyDeleteI think it is scary when people take away your freedoms in whatever means then can as was done by Obamacare.
What is scarier, when people don't know the difference or don't care.
Obamacare woke me up. We need to keep the pressure on Congress to defund Obamacare, Planned Parenthood, NPR etc.
Is your good insurance Medicare by any chance?
ReplyDeleteAnd the Post Office will pick up a letter FROM MY HOUSE and deliver it across the country for less than 50 cents. I think that is a pretty good deal!
The BMV is a state office. I agree it could use some work.
No, I'm not old enough for Medicare and I dread to think of the day I am because Obamacare claims they are going to fund the 85 million new folks added to Medicaid by "savings" from Medicare. Exactly where are those "savings" going to come from? Rationing. It's inevitable. Exactly what the video said. No joint replacements, no shunts. Here, Granny, have a pain pill.
ReplyDeleteFrankly except for catastrophic care it is likely that insurance companies don't do much for health care and government would be worse. It would make far more sense to have catastrophic health care insurance that only kicked in for major medical and long term care and have pay as you go medical care otherwise.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the "insurance" element in ordinary periodic care? None of these insurance or government folks should even be in the healthcare business. They only make it more expensive and more covered with red tape. You don't think they're working for your benefit? You didn't buy that lie did you? "I'm from the government, I'm here to help you!"