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Motown_Johnny

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35. "gap in her health insurance"

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #1)

Sun May 8, 2016, 06:02 PM

May 2016

Do you understand that phrase?

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A Doctor Delivers Bad News--today's LA Times. [View all] CaliforniaPeggy May 2016 OP

This is the kind of problem that Medicare-for-all won't fix. Our health care costs pnwmom May 2016 #1

It SHOULD fix it elleng May 2016 #2

Thank you for this excellent post, my dear elleng... CaliforniaPeggy May 2016 #3

It's the best, Peg. elleng May 2016 #6

It's the program we thought ACA would use as a backup bigbrother05 May 2016 #90

Right. elleng May 2016 #105

I second that! Eleanors38 May 2016 #109

But that's not how Medicare works. Millions of seniors would object to changing the system, pnwmom May 2016 #5

The question of 'upheaval' is always with us; elleng May 2016 #8

But Medicare isn't getting very good rates because Congress refused to pass a law pnwmom May 2016 #10

Exactly. elleng May 2016 #12

I was talking to a 79 yr old full-time RV'er this morning ErikJ May 2016 #24

Good he's able to get them. elleng May 2016 #39

Yes he's got bronchitis and emphysema and has to be on ErikJ May 2016 #40

I'm currently paying 122 a mo for two asthma rescue inhalers passiveporcupine May 2016 #68

I was surprised at the new price of a prescription I hadn't needed for years. pnwmom May 2016 #70

I know, and I sympathize. passiveporcupine May 2016 #71

I need albuterol, too, alas. pnwmom May 2016 #73

price negotiating and the bill Craig234 May 2016 #38

Thanks for all the info. So it was even worse. pnwmom May 2016 #69

Yes, I knew this passiveporcupine May 2016 #74

The real reason why our health care is SO broken! - Must Read - You won't believe this! Baobab May 2016 #101

millions of seniors would object to service fees going down and a real prescription benefit? Warren Stupidity May 2016 #20

They would object to having their doctors retire and not being replaced. And most of these costs pnwmom May 2016 #31

lets unpack that derp, 'kay? Warren Stupidity May 2016 #45

There is a large group of doctors near retirement age right now. And if the government suddenly pnwmom May 2016 #46

So many assumptions. So little data. nt Gore1FL May 2016 #49

There actually is data. pnwmom May 2016 #52

I believe the apostrophe is ruining the link. cui bono May 2016 #88

If a phsycian can choose to retire early, maybe that physican is overpaid? hedgehog May 2016 #107

Maybe from our perspective but not from theirs. n/t pnwmom May 2016 #108

Single-payer/Medicare for all is useless... Bigmack May 2016 #51

That dud of a fighter jet for $2.3 trillion? (Yes, trillion) Lydia Leftcoast May 2016 #54

You said it: the AMA would scream Recursion May 2016 #78

Which raises, for me, the central question of the health care issue: malthaussen May 2016 #91

What about Nurse Pactitioners and Physician Assistants trudyco May 2016 #95

You do realize that Medicare does not pay what most docs and hospitals charge, right? passiveporcupine May 2016 #67

Single payer has to be free to the end user, (otherwise you would have to create a tiered system to Baobab May 2016 #100

There is no free lunch StarzGuy May 2016 #63

Right, there is no free lunch. elleng May 2016 #64

Sure, but look at Medicare Part D: no negotiations Recursion May 2016 #75

Medicare, as presently set up, is NOT the answer; elleng May 2016 #77

Under Bernie's plan for Medicare for all passiveporcupine May 2016 #79

Actually, Medicare can't negotiate prices -- but companies that provide Part D coverage, can and do. Hoyt May 2016 #80

exactly. Fast Walker 52 May 2016 #89

Doesn't Medicare set maximum allowable charges for specific services? MH1 May 2016 #4

It would be a good start. Warren Stupidity May 2016 #21

And doctors hate it. They can rip private insurers off, not Medicare. YOHABLO May 2016 #25

OTOH they can lobby Congress and not Aetna Recursion May 2016 #76

Many private insurers pay less than Medicare. Most others allow Medicare + say 10 or 25%. Hoyt May 2016 #81

Yes, for part-a and part-b services. Part d for drugs, no maximum. JustABozoOnThisBus May 2016 #97

Works well for the rest of the modern world. We must get private insurers rhett o rick May 2016 #13

In many countries, doctors are state employees. The difficulty here is persuading doctors pnwmom May 2016 #15

bullshit. The UK is an outlier. Warren Stupidity May 2016 #18

Yes In England but I don't believe that's true in Canada, France, and Germany. nm rhett o rick May 2016 #19

... Gore1FL May 2016 #50

Doctors that give a damn about their patients are for single payer - ReasonableToo May 2016 #53

That simply is not true. coyote May 2016 #85

It is exactly the sort of crapfest that a single payer system can fix. Warren Stupidity May 2016 #17

That's another misleading statement Android3.14 May 2016 #30

We have to bow out of the trade deals we are pushing to tie our own hands. Baobab May 2016 #102

"gap in her health insurance" Motown_Johnny May 2016 #35

Bullshit. Cassiopeia May 2016 #93

yes it would fix it, and the INSURANCE INDUSTRY creates that waste BY WASTING TONS OF TIME Baobab May 2016 #99

Of course it would fix it arikara May 2016 #104

we've become a nation of gangsters Fairgo May 2016 #7

Everybody is somebody else's ATM Tsiyu May 2016 #9

What is telling for me... Fairgo May 2016 #11

Most modern countries realize this Tsiyu May 2016 #14

+5 appalachiablue May 2016 #28

Ha! Tsiyu May 2016 #29

Fairgo above, 'We've Become A Nation of Gangsters', plus yours appalachiablue May 2016 #32

This could be our big break! Tsiyu May 2016 #48

I thought about it. Go for a Reality Show, only way to do it right. We gotta Think Big. appalachiablue May 2016 #62

On the reality show I was half way teasing, Cafe Press stuff is great! :) appalachiablue May 2016 #106

I am working on a show with one of my kids Tsiyu May 2016 #110

I leave it all to creative commons Fairgo May 2016 #86

Good deal! appalachiablue May 2016 #98

+5 appalachiablue May 2016 #27

Gangster: "Your money or your life!" Sounds about right... Califonz May 2016 #43

Henry Miller Fairgo May 2016 #87

Jack Benny: "I'm thinking!" n/t malthaussen May 2016 #92

Part of the problem is zalinda May 2016 #16

Thats the way to do it. It would take care of itself over time. Just put the option on the table. litlbilly May 2016 #23

Another part of problem is that corporations get better treatment than individual humans lostnfound May 2016 #42

"There will never, ever be single payer healthcare in the US" Doctor_J May 2016 #58

^^^ Ding ding ding ^^^ Duppers May 2016 #61

We have Universal Health Care SCantiGOP May 2016 #22

This is no longer true. zalinda May 2016 #65

medical industrial complex. pansypoo53219 May 2016 #26

+10 appalachiablue May 2016 #33

I went in for a broken collar bone, and came out with angstlessk May 2016 #34

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast May 2016 #36

My husband and I go together Duval May 2016 #37

As long as the government allows Thespian2 May 2016 #41

I basically agree, but you'd never hear the end of it if the government refused to cover a drug Hoyt May 2016 #82

I moved to a socialist country... Thespian2 May 2016 #111

Half of 10K could still.. zentrum May 2016 #44

I recently had two separate discussions with conservatives who oppose Obamacare. I learned this Algernon Moncrieff May 2016 #47

The medical cartel... scscholar May 2016 #55

I read on du that Gingrichcare is an accomplishment that surpasses the cra and the VRA and Doctor_J May 2016 #56

Urgent care centers cover IV fluids and prescription pain killers IronLionZion May 2016 #57

So you agree that healthcare should be like buying a used car. Doctor_J May 2016 #59

When did you stop beating your wife? IronLionZion May 2016 #60

Last time I went to ER the bill was $850 WITH insurance. Triana May 2016 #66

This thread is very confusing. King_Klonopin May 2016 #72

My husband had an emergency root canal while we were biking in the Netherlands eridani May 2016 #83

ACA is the stop gap for Single payer. marble falls May 2016 #84

What the Rs refuse to acknowledge... freebrew May 2016 #94

We should have the Federal Insurance Plan trudyco May 2016 #96

In this particular case Gman May 2016 #103