Off-Topic: PS on Health Care

Apalachicola Bay - St. George Island Topics

(Apalachicola Bay - St. George Island Specific)

1 messages

Updated 2/16/2011

Off-Topic

Lakes Online Forum

83,645 messages

Updated 5/30/2024 11:45:00 PM

Boat Maintenance

Lakes Online Forum

5,195 messages

Updated 5/31/2024 4:36:53 AM

Apalachicola Bay - St. George Island Fishing

(Apalachicola Bay - St. George Island Specific)

1 messages

Updated 2/16/2011

Jokes

Lakes Online Forum

4,169 messages

Updated 4/15/2024 11:05:05 PM

Sports

Lakes Online Forum

4,261 messages

Updated 5/28/2024 6:31:10 AM

Grilling & Recipes

Lakes Online Forum

2,976 messages

Updated 3/20/2024 11:53:43 PM

Tallapoosa River Topics

Lakes Online Forum

98 messages

Updated 4/15/2024 1:00:58 AM

Forum Usage Rules

Welcome, Guest

Select View Mode: [ classic | beta | recent ]

	Name:	Talullahhound -
	Subject:	PS on Health Care
	Date:	2/9/2009 7:42:08 PM

Okay, so instead of having health insurance executives deciding what treatment is "cost effective", now we'll have the government doing that. What has really changed?
I wonder if some of the idea behind Dashle's plan was to bring the big drug companies and their huge lobby under control.

I haven't believed in a long time that my Dr. or I were part of the process of "approved treatment" or "customary or usual charges" decisions. And let's face it, if you don't have insurance you are screwed if you get sick.

With regard to Senior Citizens -- well, I look at my aunt. The woman is 83 and a hypochondriac. A lot of the elderly see going to the Dr. as a legitimate social activity. And I have a suspicion that there are a large number of Drs. who are willing to aid and abet them, and then bill the h*ll out of the Medicare.

Having said all this, I do not want to end up with socialized medicine. I saw a real horror story when one of my close friend's twin sister was diagnosed with a rare and deadly cancer.