Thursday, September 10, 2009
Healthcare Reform rant #3
The trouble is, they can't really provide a good solution because that would require too much change. Look at the panic at just the suggestion that there be not for profit option be available for people to choose if they want it.
Healthcare Reform rant #2
Half of the criticisms about the proposals, the real criticisms I mean, not the made up stuff, are perfect reasons why relying on for-profit insurance doesn't make any sense.
There's no profit in insuring people that need it. But people in this country can't comprehend this. Look at all the paranoia and panic over the suggestion that there even be a non-profit option that people could choose.
Anyway, I'm healthy. But I still have to buy insurance because I could be bankrupt should something happen due to the outrageous costs in this country. But insurance is so expensive that I choose a limited plan with high deductible. But it's mostly a waste of money because with the deductible it doesn't help with minor costs and if something serious should happen, it's limited and probably won't amount to much considering the ridiculous costs in this country.
A doctor's visit should be perfectly affordable and insurance should be for catastrophes, and should some catastrophe happen, the insurance should cover you. Not have some annual or lifetime limit. And coverage should not be denied for technicalities.
Our system here really makes no sense at all.
There's no profit in insuring people that need it. But people in this country can't comprehend this. Look at all the paranoia and panic over the suggestion that there even be a non-profit option that people could choose.
Anyway, I'm healthy. But I still have to buy insurance because I could be bankrupt should something happen due to the outrageous costs in this country. But insurance is so expensive that I choose a limited plan with high deductible. But it's mostly a waste of money because with the deductible it doesn't help with minor costs and if something serious should happen, it's limited and probably won't amount to much considering the ridiculous costs in this country.
A doctor's visit should be perfectly affordable and insurance should be for catastrophes, and should some catastrophe happen, the insurance should cover you. Not have some annual or lifetime limit. And coverage should not be denied for technicalities.
Our system here really makes no sense at all.
Healthcare Reform rant #1
I decided I should post my healthcare comments here rather than just on other publications and blogs. Here's one:
Joe Wilson yelling out "You lie!" showed me that congress is just as full of ignorance as the rest of the country. This really, really worries me.
Especially considering the point he chose to call a lie. What a moron.
When anyone goes to an emergency room, they can't be denied aid. It's been that way for a couple of decades. And has nothing to do with the reform proposals.
And when they can't or don't pay the outrageous cost of that aid, it gets passed on to all of us in the form of even more outrageous and always increasing costs. Imagine how much better it would be for all of us if those people could instead just go to a doctor where it costs something a lot closer to reasonable.
In addition, counties provide clinics and hospitals for low income people. Paid for with taxes.
In addition, the insurance premiums I, who am never sick, pay subsidizes the people who are sick.
So we are all already paying for the healthcare of others. But mostly in ways that are wasteful, expensive and not really very helpful.
Joe Wilson yelling out "You lie!" showed me that congress is just as full of ignorance as the rest of the country. This really, really worries me.
Especially considering the point he chose to call a lie. What a moron.
When anyone goes to an emergency room, they can't be denied aid. It's been that way for a couple of decades. And has nothing to do with the reform proposals.
And when they can't or don't pay the outrageous cost of that aid, it gets passed on to all of us in the form of even more outrageous and always increasing costs. Imagine how much better it would be for all of us if those people could instead just go to a doctor where it costs something a lot closer to reasonable.
In addition, counties provide clinics and hospitals for low income people. Paid for with taxes.
In addition, the insurance premiums I, who am never sick, pay subsidizes the people who are sick.
So we are all already paying for the healthcare of others. But mostly in ways that are wasteful, expensive and not really very helpful.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Crazed gunman shootings 2009
Is anyone keeping count? I was earlier in the year when it was about 1 incident per week, but I lost count.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
My response to Sen Cornyn who sent me some BS about competition lowering Healthcare costs. Ha!
With all due respect, competition and the free market is what caused our ridiculous healthcare costs. Especially when our lawmakers deliberately pass legislation to increase industry profits at the expense of individuals so we pay more and get less.
And if lawsuit reform in Texas has lowered premiums for providers, it's not evident when it comes time to pay a doctor bill. My last dentist and doctors visit cost roughly 2 days salary for someone making $10 per hour. And many people don't make $10 per hour and couldn't spare that much even if they did.
Healthcare does not need to be free. It needs to be affordable. Insurance should be for major issues. Routine healthcare should be affordable. As it was when I was a child. My family of six never once came anywhere near the deductible on my father's insurance. Because a doctor's visit was easily affordable.
And btw, many people are on waiting lists and denied care now, with your beloved for profit insurance system. As a small business owner, I pay quite a lot of money for a limited policy and it's basically a waste of money. I'm never sick, it rarely covers anything I need done and should some catastrophe befall me, the amount they'd pay out is very limited and would probably only make a dent in my bills.
Healthcare and insurance for profit makes little sense. It also should have absolutely nothing to do with your job.
And if lawsuit reform in Texas has lowered premiums for providers, it's not evident when it comes time to pay a doctor bill. My last dentist and doctors visit cost roughly 2 days salary for someone making $10 per hour. And many people don't make $10 per hour and couldn't spare that much even if they did.
Healthcare does not need to be free. It needs to be affordable. Insurance should be for major issues. Routine healthcare should be affordable. As it was when I was a child. My family of six never once came anywhere near the deductible on my father's insurance. Because a doctor's visit was easily affordable.
And btw, many people are on waiting lists and denied care now, with your beloved for profit insurance system. As a small business owner, I pay quite a lot of money for a limited policy and it's basically a waste of money. I'm never sick, it rarely covers anything I need done and should some catastrophe befall me, the amount they'd pay out is very limited and would probably only make a dent in my bills.
Healthcare and insurance for profit makes little sense. It also should have absolutely nothing to do with your job.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Fighting theTaliban
Why aren't we using our Special Forces to fight the Taliban? Isn't that what they are for? If not, shouldn't it be considering the kind of 'wars' we've been fighting for decades now?
Dropping bombs on homes and towns doesn't cut it. And it's evil.
Dropping bombs on homes and towns doesn't cut it. And it's evil.
Sustainable Food - Why can't supermarkets get it local?
So why can't Sysco, Wal-mart and others responsible for these huge industrial farms and the loss of small, local family farms use the technology they developed to supply the entire country with food shipped thousands of miles, now use it to develop a network of small, local, sustainable growers to supply local stores?
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