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Posted By WikiMap 6 months, 2 weeks ago in NewsThe battle in joined. Healthcare is now in the forefront. The Washington Post reported that things will start to heat up next month as the clash begins in earnest. Senator Kennedy plans to fight for a government controlled health care plan.
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StevieGee6 months, 2 weeks ago
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We need a single payer, universal health care system. The insurance, legal, and prescription drug lobbies will scream foul but they have had their chance and really made a mess of it. I support California's SB 840 which would cover all Californians for life. Something like this could easily work nationally.
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Pecossam6 months, 2 weeks ago
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StevieGee,
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You state: "...I support California's SB 840 which would cover all Californians for life. Something like this could easily work nationally."
Though I do not agree with California's SB 840, at least it seems to follow the 9TH and 10TH Amendments to Our Constitution. As I have stated before, National Health Insurance, of whatever type, would only pass Constitutional Muster providing it went through the Amendment Process as outlined in Article 5.
The Federal Government at present has NO SUCH POWER to enact any such law Constitutionally; the complete distortion of the "Commerce Clause" notwithstanding. It will be interesting to see which part of the Constitution Congress tries to use in "justifying" National Health Care.-
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StevieGee6 months, 2 weeks ago
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If we have to amend the Constitution I'm willing to support that. This really needs to be a national thing so that people are covered while traveling. San Francisco has health care for all it's citizens. This is great and has been working well but they aren't covered unless they are IN San Francisco.
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patamerica6 months, 2 weeks ago
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How much more can California afford. They can't. I guess that is why you would like universal healthcare so everyone in America could help pay for the massive welfare state that California has created. America does not need to mimmic any failing system that California has created or poposed. Universal Healthcare has to be defeated. Obama and his democrat cronies have done such a good job with the stimulus package we can't afford anymore of their incompetance and socialism.
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StevieGee6 months, 2 weeks ago
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What are your suggestions? You say universal health care is a failure, even though we have never tried it. Do you suggest just letting people die in the streets? That sounds kind of medieval to me I agree that people need to be responsible for themselves but we are also obligated to help our fellow men and women. I'm just wondering, do you have any ideas other than calling other peoples ideas failures and parroting talking points?
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Klarissa6 months, 2 weeks ago
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so will we run it like:
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social security
medicare
the post office
government contracts in iraq
or maybe this? Aug. 4, 1977: All U.S. Energy Placed Under Single Roof .
November 9, 1978
President Carter signs the National Energy Act, which includes the National Energy Conservation Policy Act, the Power Plant and Industrial Fuel Use Act, the Public Utilities Regulatory Policy Act, the Energy Tax Act, and the Natural Gas Policy Act.
June 20, 1979
President Carter announces program to increase Nation's use of solar energy, including solar development bank and increased funds for solar energy research and development.
June 30, 1980
President Carter signs the Energy Security Act, consisting of six major acts: U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation Act, Biomass Energy and Alcohol Fuels Act, Renewable Energy Resources Act, Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Act and Solar Energy and Energy Conservation Bank Act, Geothermal Energy Act, and Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act.
The Energy department accomplished what??
Federal Energy Administration
Employees 16,000 federal (2009)[1]
93,094 contract (2008)
Annual budget $24.1 billion (2009) -
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Natureboy6 months, 2 weeks ago
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"This will continue to make it difficult for physicians to run an office as Medicare pays about one third the normal fee of a private insurance."
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Wow. Where did the author get this crap?
Anyone who has been in the business knows that the Medicare rates for most procedures and services are as good if not better than the rates of contracting HMOs and PPOs.-
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Tangent0016 months, 2 weeks ago
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Most medical office workers prefer to work with Medicare as well. It is easier to get procedures covered, the payments are competitive and ON TIME. Private insurance is notorious for delaying payments and/or underpaying AFTER they had agreed to a higher amount. My ex-wife worked for a plastic surgeon and she said it was a nightmare trying to get private insurance to pay for reconstructive surgery. They would actually deny coverage to correct serious cleft lip and palette on infants because since the child was born with the condition it was not technically 'reconstructive'. No, seriously. Don't even think about breast implants after a radical mastectomy. By and large, with Medicare it was 'no problem'.
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The irony is, of course, those making enough money to afford private insurance got inferior coverage than those on Medicare.
Think about it. Who would you rather have in charge of your medical care, a public institution answerable to the people, or private corporations that keep a staff of people whose only job is to find ways to deny coverage? A corporation's FIRST responsibility by law is making a profit. Period.-
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Natureboy6 months, 2 weeks ago
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I worked for years in the area of health insurance appeals, going after payors who denied what we believed were payable claims. Both Medicare and commercial insurers made bad calls - the difference was with Medicare there was rarely, if ever, a bad-faith denial. With commercial insurers, bad faith was common.
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calitennflo6 months, 2 weeks ago
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The only health care program that will succed at increasing longivity and health will be one that is totally free and has the least steps in it's due process or procedures of protocol. This will include free prescriptions too...and licenses will be permits.
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Pecossam6 months, 2 weeks ago
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Fellow Propeller-Heads,
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From the article:
"In addition, it makes all physicians participate in Medicare. None can opt out."
Thus, it does not pass Constitutional Muster. To wit:
The 5Th Amendment:
Amendment 5 - Trial and Punishment, Compensation for Takings. Ratified 12/15/1791.
"No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."
"...without just compensation."
Even the people proposing this Socialist scheme admit Medicare payments are less than what a physician usually charges. That's ROBBERY, and hardly "just compensation".
And the 13TH Amendment:
"Amendment 13 - Slavery Abolished. Ratified 12/6/1865. History
"1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
"2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
"...involuntary servitude.."
Which is what it is when one's government DEMANDS that one ply one's private trade for less than what it is worth; because one is not doing so by one's own volition.
And those Amendments are just for starters.
But when did Socialists ever care about constitutions once they were in power? Why break with the tradition of Radicals?
It is part of their RELIGION!
I wonder which of you that supports this National Health Care proposal would appreciate having your wages set to less than the market will bear in your chosen trade. "Oh." you say, "Not to worry! It's NOT my OX being gored; they'll NEVER bother me." "They" eventually get to you, FOOL. THIS IS HOW IT STARTS. Wake-Up before it is too late!-
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sprzats6 months, 2 weeks ago
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We are already being forced to accept lower wages because too many of our jobs have been outsourced. Jobs that paid $15.00 an hour ten years ago are now paying $9.00 an hour. We can take them or leave them. They may be blue collar jobs but it's still the fact that we have little choice left but to accept the lower pay. Companies have outsourced for cheaper labor.
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We also have no choice in stopping our medical records from going on line. We are losing our rights in so many ways and as time goes on we will see more go out the window. We will never regain what the Bush administration took from us and this administration doesn't seem to care very much about peoples rights. The Constitution has been broken over and over and until people get serious about trying to get back the freedoms that were taken or are in the process of being taken...it will only get worse.-
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ksadya6 months, 2 weeks ago
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or you can go back to school for training, or ask your employer for opportunities to advance. by failing to ask, pursue, or reeducate, you fall behind.
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the next generation takes the internet for granted.
my generation takes pay and advancement for granted.
previous generation takes stability and growth for granted.
previous generation took energy for granted.
previous generation ... they were the great depression generation... you decide.
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Tangent0016 months, 2 weeks ago
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Your entire argument rests on your assertion that Medicare pays less than private insurers. That is not the case. Medicare's compensation is very competitive. In addition, Medicare refuses coverage less often than private insurers.
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In regards to the freedom not to participate on sheer principle, I'm of two minds. A businessperson should have every right to run their business in whatever manner best suits them, as long as it does not violate the rights of another. However, we don't allow doctors to circumvent licensing requirements. Also, we don't allow the fire department to pick and choose which fires they will and will not put out, or the police department to pick and choose which crimes they will investigate. Certainly, being a physician carries with it a certain component of public service. For example, we do, by law, compel doctors to stop and assist injured people at the scene of an accident if no other medical personnel have yet arrived.-
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Pecossam6 months, 2 weeks ago
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Tangent001,
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You state: "Your entire argument rests on your assertion that Medicare pays less than private insurers. That is not the case. Medicare's compensation is very competitive. In addition, Medicare refuses coverage less often than private insurers."
If such is the case, why then must the government make participation MANDATORY?
Sorry, it just doesn't "add-up".
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124208383695408513...
From the WSJ:
"Physician income declines will be accompanied by regulations that will make practicing medicine more costly, creating a double whammy of lower revenue and higher practice costs, especially for primary-care doctors who generally operate busy practices and work on thinner margins. For example, doctors will face expenses to deploy pricey electronic prescribing tools and computerized health records that are mandated under the Obama plan. For most doctors these capital costs won't be fully covered by the subsidies provided by the plan.
"Government insurance programs also shift compliance costs directly onto doctors by encumbering them with rules requiring expensive staffing and documentation. It's a way for government health programs like Medicare to control charges. The rules are backed up with threats of arbitrary probes targeting documentation infractions. There will also be disproportionate fines, giving doctors and hospitals reason to overspend on their back offices to avoid reprisals.
"The 60% of doctors who are self-employed will be hardest hit. That includes specialists, such as dermatologists and surgeons, who see a lot of private patients. But it also includes tens of thousands of primary-care doctors, the very physicians the Obama administration says need the most help."
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lloydm656 months, 2 weeks ago
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I hate to tell you health care is a none starter,today around noon CST The ONE anounced we are on paygo.No more programs that we can't pay for without tax increase,or program cuts.Evan if we split the difference it would be one trillion in cuts,and one trillion in new tax increases.One trillion in new taxes would cause a compleat melt down for our economy,plus a half trillion in program cuts could cause a a half million or more american refugees living out of doors,in the woods,and under bridges.Oh God what has brought America to this place.
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Icantwait6 months, 2 weeks ago
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My Fellow Americans: I'm actually looking forward to the National Health Care Program as proposed by our Super Intelligent President. I believe the Obama Party Night Press called him GOD and by Golly his Program is God like.
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Imagine if you will not having to look for a doctor while one will be appointed to you for the rest of your life.
Think about it even if you get Cancer the Government will decide if it is serious enough for you to get Medical Attention. I won't even need a second opinion.
How about this, all I will have to do is pick up the phone and make an appointment to have my Heart Attack analyzed. Well, I guess I could send an E-Mail.
If I visit my Doctor and he decides I need Medicine to take care of my problem and this Medicine is on the list that can be allocated for my illness I may not have to pay a dime. Well, maybe higher taxes but you can't expect something for nothing. Not in this Administration.
Yes, I am excited and I know there may be some fine print that will be overlooked in the Bill by those voting on it but eventually all the necessary restrictions will be brought to the forefront. But nothing anyone will worry about right now. The Real American -
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pvrust6 months, 2 weeks ago
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Its just a big mess and their is too many special interest groups and politicians who have their necks out a little too far. Red tape is the challenge and all the money sucking fat needs to be trimmed.
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Just the way the govt and banking systems need to be cleaned up. I don't see it happening and I am just one voice.
Too much BS plain and simple. Health care is just a big business.
Fill people up with pills and more pills and create a huge reliant mass of sick individuals who don't know any better!
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av886 months, 2 weeks ago
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How about making it illegal to raise fat kids??? How about parents taking more responsibility for raising a healthy child?? Oh yeah,, I'll have the super duper extra large fat meal with all the fat fries I can get... Greasy nasty fast food, over and over, night after night,, oh, but tonight I'll have a diet coke with all the extra fat crap. This country needs PENALTIES for those of you who do NOT know how to stop shoving your face full of fatty crap... Anything in moderation is ok,, but OMFG,,, if you weigh 250lbs and your 5' 6",,, STOP EATING... Oh, yeah, "but it's in my genes"... RIGHT.... It's in your freaking jeans alright... Have you EVER seen an obese ethiopian??? NO... WTF.. Stop eating, smoking, and drinking so much and maybe this ****ry (yes, typo on purpose) wouldn't be the laughing fat stock of the world... Don't get me wrong,, I love that stuff too,,, I just control how much...
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johnhodgson11116 months, 2 weeks ago
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Its Blood Money, and Business wants that cash cow to themselves because its easy money over 1/2 of bankruptcies are caused by medical costs....well that says it all about private insurances. a government plan will remove the litigation and private profits that alot of people enjoy making a killing on.
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gwhiddon6 months, 2 weeks ago
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I suspect from comments I've heard from people who pay for their own health care that what might work is getting insurance for catastrophic care, and then pay personally for minor visits to the doctor. When people as consumers pay for something, with competition, it's amazing how the providers manage to lower the cost.
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hindelsmythe-496 months, 2 weeks ago
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So what is this shaping up to be? NOT guaranteed health care for everyone, but guaranteed payments to this "Health Care "industry that tells people what medical care they can or can not have , based upon the profit they want to make.
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StevieGee6 months, 2 weeks ago
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I remember when they mandated car insurance. They said that when everyone has car insurance it would be cheaper for everyone. LOL. They even require us to still get uninsured motorist coverage. This is why I cannot ever support health care reform that does not include a government option. This is why the insurance industry is so opposed to the same government option. In fact, the reform that the insurance companies oppose the most is the one I want, single payer.
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