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Post by hoofie on Feb 3, 2019 15:29:43 GMT -7
Please discuss. Personally, and I'll get into more details later, I think it would be a disaster.
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Post by hoofie on Feb 4, 2019 5:39:14 GMT -7
Here's what I copied from another forum:
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Post by hoofie on Feb 5, 2019 5:42:37 GMT -7
1-Name something besides waste money that the federal government does efficiently & with expertise. Yes, they want to turn all healthcare over to the people that brought us the VA System, US Postal Service, Fannie, Freddy, Social Security, the IRS, and Amtrak to name a few. The IRS was to expand by 18K jobs to enforce the ACA, just imagine them handling all healthcare decisions and payments. The US DOD is already the largest employer on the planet. Imagine taking over an additional 20% of our GDP and putting it in the control of Washington DC bureaucrats.
2-Anyone that has coded claims in a medical facility knows all of the red tape involved in Medicare claims. We all hear about Medicare fraud and abuse but rarely fraud and abuse from private healthcare providers. Also, Medicare does not pay as much for procedures as compared to private providers, thus some doctors limit their number of Medicare patients.
3-The estimated cost most agree on is $33 Trillion over 10 years. Where will that money come from? Do the math, say the US population in 2017 was estimated at 325 million people. Take $3.3 Trillion divided by 325 million people comes to $10,154.00 per person per year!
>>Don't get me started<<
Actually, I would favor a push towards Health Savings Accounts (HSA) for everyone. Like college funds, start individual HSA at birth. If we are spending our own money on healthcare, we would perhaps make better decisions. Also, allow competition across state lines to reduce costs. Streamline rules and laws so that the wide differences from state to state eliminate these conflicts and redundant repetition of rules state by state. OK, I said it: Federalize healthcare insurance rules.
Another way to reduce costs is through tort reform. Lawsuits of all kinds are making medical malpractice insurance skyrocket.
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Post by John Doe on Feb 15, 2019 16:44:25 GMT -7
if not a medicare for all, at least extend medicare / medicaid for life for those who choose to get off of disability and go back to work full time. this way they don't have to worry about their chronic treatable preexisting health conditions but could go back to work full time and become a contributing part of society.
we would be ahead of the game because people who would otherwise be collecting benefits for life without paying taxes would now become tax paying citizens. i know many on ssdi who would return to work full time if they didn't lose their health benefits. many don't care about the stipend they get from ssdi it's the health benefits for their chronic treatable preexisting conditions they worry most about most.
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Post by hoofie on Feb 17, 2019 14:14:27 GMT -7
if not a medicare for all, at least extend medicare / medicaid for life for those who choose to get off of disability and go back to work full time. this way they don't have to worry about their chronic treatable preexisting health conditions but could go back to work full time and become a contributing part of society. we would be ahead of the game because people who would otherwise be collecting benefits for life without paying taxes would now become tax paying citizens. i know many on ssdi who would return to work full time if they didn't lose their health benefits. many don't care about the stipend they get from ssdi it's the health benefits for their chronic treatable preexisting conditions they worry most about most. A good point.
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