Web-site/URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_overhaul
Again, this process will likely take a VERY LONG time, but HOPEFULLY, there won't be a complete breakdown.
In a communist Government everything is MANDATED.
Mandating coverage is not coverage and does nothing to control costs, the opposite effect will occur.
Having worked for one of the Largest Health insurance companies in the industry I have a unique insight as to what really goes on.
Anyone who understands an actuaries job knows that the entire concept of "Insurance" is managing risk pools.
When you tell a company they can no longer create risk pools they are no longer "Insuring" they are budgeting.
The Entire Bill is a disaster. Nothing good will come of it.
What's next are they going to FORCE doctors to participate in the "Care" of the additional 15 Million patients expected to be Mandated in to Medicare?
They don't have enough Doctors now because the payment for services is too low.
Doctors have to keep an enormous staff on hand to keep track of records, and are at huge financial risk from law suits.
Doctors are simply going to opt out of Medicare. What will be left is a handful of Doctors and more patients than they could ever hope to see. This will effective LOWER the QUALITY of Care.
I'm not against "fixing" Health Care. But this is not a fix. This bill is a complete Disaster and in infringement upon Rights and Liberties.
There are plenty of abuse and waste in the system. But these issues are not being addressed. The only thing happening in this 2,000 page monstrosity is Big Brother telling the public what they will now be FORCED to do.
Insurance companies can and will raise premiums.
Ever try to get a procedure covered? It's going to get much more difficult. And more claims will be denied. And the Insured is going to face an uphill battle like they have never experienced before.
When you raise prices in Corporate America those prices get passed on to the consumer.
The problems with healthcare in the US is multifaceted.
One part of it is the malpractice lawsuits. It needs to be scrapped and redone to arbitration. Rather than have lawsuits to make lawyers fat and happy, arbitration allows for those wronged to be compensated. Currently we learn little from the medical mistakes, so they are repeated and repeatedly covered up.
Look at it this way...
Medical malpractice affects apx 100,000 people in the US a year - the equivalent of a 747 going down every other day which is unacceptable. The airlines have to report near miss situations to be reviewed by engineers to improve. If we had such set up for medical near miss - it would be more effective for all except the lawyers.
The CEO for Mayo Clinics had been a speaker for some of the healthcare reform meetings and presented this very well. Here is a page to it - click on the Cspan link.
http://healthpolicyblog.mayoclinic.org/ … ress-club/
No doubt healthcare is a mess. I am considered uninsurable having the most expensive cancer to treat according to the actuaries My 1st year costs were $450,000 aprx and each year it takes about 40 grand in surveillance and treatment. So I try to keep up with this. Holly
Just my opinion.
by Dr Billy Kidd 13 years ago
For me, U.S. House majority leader Eric Cantor made the best lie on Morning Joe (6/29/2012). Cantor said that the law takes away your healthcare policy and replaces it with one dictated by Washington. NBC’s Tom Brokaw immediately challenged that. Brokaw said that the law states that you can keep...
by Susie Lehto 9 years ago
"This is the closest that we have come to repealing Obamacare."I am over joyed at the moment! I confuse that I thought Speaker of the House Ryan was another Republican Rhino like John Boehner. The Repeal is going to the presidents desk. Obama will veto the bill most...
by Peter Leeper 12 years ago
Do you think access to affordable health care is a right or a privilege? Why?As a citizen of the United States, do you think access to affordable health care is a right or a privilege? Why?
by Judy Specht 9 years ago
I have been listening to how the government has a billion dollars for getting people to sign up for the Affordable Healthcare Act. Would that money have been better spent training more doctors and building new hospitals? New Jersey has closed how many community hospitals in the last few...
by scoop 11 years ago
What exactly is "Obamacare" and when does the law go into effect?
by harmony155 13 years ago
Why hasn't America acknowledged that ObamaCare will help the unemployment rate?With a significant increase in insured individuals entering the health care market, there should be a corresponding increase in jobs available in the medical field. Do you agree?
Copyright © 2025 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. HubPages® is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website.
Copyright © 2025 Maven Media Brands, LLC and respective owners.
As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.
For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy
Show DetailsNecessary | |
---|---|
HubPages Device ID | This is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons. |
Login | This is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service. |
Google Recaptcha | This is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy) |
Akismet | This is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Google Analytics | This is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Traffic Pixel | This is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized. |
Amazon Web Services | This is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy) |
Cloudflare | This is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Hosted Libraries | Javascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy) |
Features | |
---|---|
Google Custom Search | This is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Maps | Some articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Charts | This is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy) |
Google AdSense Host API | This service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Google YouTube | Some articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Vimeo | Some articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Paypal | This is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Login | You can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Maven | This supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy) |
Marketing | |
---|---|
Google AdSense | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Google DoubleClick | Google provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Index Exchange | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Sovrn | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Ads | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Unified Ad Marketplace | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
AppNexus | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Openx | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Rubicon Project | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
TripleLift | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Say Media | We partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy) |
Remarketing Pixels | We may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites. |
Conversion Tracking Pixels | We may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service. |
Statistics | |
---|---|
Author Google Analytics | This is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy) |
Comscore | ComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Tracking Pixel | Some articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy) |
Clicksco | This is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy) |