Moving to private healthcare systems
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Re: Moving to private healthcare systems
Awww. More right wing socialism paranoia dressed up as news. The fact is the people in those countries wouldn't trade their healthcare system for a U.S. version under any circumstances.
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Re: Moving to private healthcare systems
Expansion of medicare to cover all citizens is the way to go.
Private health care will still have a place, as medicare can't and won't try to cover all the things wealthier Americans expect.
We'll be using a lot more nurses, NP's and PA's, not to mention foreign trained doctors.
There'll be lots of TV stories about how "I didn't get my <X> and it's not Faaaaaiiiiirrrr!"
Private health care will still have a place, as medicare can't and won't try to cover all the things wealthier Americans expect.
We'll be using a lot more nurses, NP's and PA's, not to mention foreign trained doctors.
There'll be lots of TV stories about how "I didn't get my <X> and it's not Faaaaaiiiiirrrr!"
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The market is the solution. Trumps billing transparency plan is going to blow the lid off’n everything.
You do remember him mentioning that during the sotu, right?
You do remember him mentioning that during the sotu, right?
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You mean care supplementing the public services, which cover everyone cradle to grave at a fraction of the cost that the US pays. Rich folk want private rooms and shorter wait times, not to abolish public healthcare, which is simply objectively better.
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People here in the U.S. seem confused that the British can also chose to get Cadillac care if they wish (or can afford) to pay extra for it. In other words, they can pay to stay outside of your public healthcare, if they wish.AnalHamster wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2020 8:28 pmYou mean care supplementing the public services, which cover everyone cradle to grave at a fraction of the cost that the US pays. Rich folk want private rooms and shorter wait times, not to abolish public healthcare, which is simply objectively better.
Sort of like a first-class private insurance plan in the U.S., except we have no public option if we can't afford such a plan (except maybe Medicare).
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True. If you can’t pay extra for US style healthcare, you get filthy hospitals and 6 month delays on what the NHS says is elective; your pain or disabilities be damned.
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No, you often don't get any healthcare at all. You may have to "elect" to die from treatable issues.Charliesheen wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:06 pm True. If you can’t pay extra for US style healthcare, you get filthy hospitals and 6 month delays on what the NHS says is elective; your pain or disabilities be damned.
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Biker wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 12:47 amNope, US healthcare law states that hospitals cannot refuse treatment.FSchmertz wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:36 pmNo, you often don't get any healthcare at all. You may have to "elect" to die from treatable issues.Charliesheen wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:06 pm True. If you can’t pay extra for US style healthcare, you get filthy hospitals and 6 month delays on what the NHS says is elective; your pain or disabilities be damned.
You'll die miserably regardless
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You don't think they'd have it better chance of receiving real healthcare via someplace like the UK?Biker wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 12:51 amYou claimed that a patient would be denied care when that isnt true at all. Above the fray guys usually know thatFSchmertz wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 12:49 amBiker wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 12:47 amNope, US healthcare law states that hospitals cannot refuse treatment.FSchmertz wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:36 pmNo, you often don't get any healthcare at all. You may have to "elect" to die from treatable issues.Charliesheen wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:06 pm True. If you can’t pay extra for US style healthcare, you get filthy hospitals and 6 month delays on what the NHS says is elective; your pain or disabilities be damned.
You'll die miserably regardless
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Isn't that just acute emergency care?Biker wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 12:47 amNope, US healthcare law states that hospitals cannot refuse treatment.FSchmertz wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:36 pmNo, you often don't get any healthcare at all. You may have to "elect" to die from treatable issues.Charliesheen wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:06 pm True. If you can’t pay extra for US style healthcare, you get filthy hospitals and 6 month delays on what the NHS says is elective; your pain or disabilities be damned.
You're not going to show up weekly for free radiation treatments or get a new kidney just because you need one.
wut?
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Sorry, I think you're wrong about that.Biker wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:15 amNo, treatment facilities cannot turn away patients based on ability to pay.Wut wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:14 amIsn't that just acute emergency care?Biker wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 12:47 amNope, US healthcare law states that hospitals cannot refuse treatment.FSchmertz wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:36 pmNo, you often don't get any healthcare at all. You may have to "elect" to die from treatable issues.Charliesheen wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:06 pm True. If you can’t pay extra for US style healthcare, you get filthy hospitals and 6 month delays on what the NHS says is elective; your pain or disabilities be damned.
You're not going to show up weekly for free radiation treatments or get a new kidney just because you need one.
wut?
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Re: Moving to private healthcare systems
Because any healthcare debate eventually turns on some kind of nonsense regarding waiting times, death panels etc. (just scroll up to some of CS's posts) from the other side, without addressing adequate care for everyone who needs it, and any real alternative plan ala Chump's and the Rethugs imaginary "Really Awesome Health Plan" that'll exist as soon as they get rid of Obamacare (which really isn't that good either, btw).Biker wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:12 amWhy would I think that?FSchmertz wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:10 amYou don't think they'd have it better chance of receiving real healthcare via someplace like the UK?
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Yea, that's only for emergencies. You can't pay they kick you out of bed and dump you on the street. Can't afford cancer treatments? You could be out of luck.Wut wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:17 amSorry, I think you're wrong about that.Biker wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:15 amNo, treatment facilities cannot turn away patients based on ability to pay.Wut wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:14 amIsn't that just acute emergency care?Biker wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 12:47 amNope, US healthcare law states that hospitals cannot refuse treatment.FSchmertz wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:36 pmNo, you often don't get any healthcare at all. You may have to "elect" to die from treatable issues.Charliesheen wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:06 pm True. If you can’t pay extra for US style healthcare, you get filthy hospitals and 6 month delays on what the NHS says is elective; your pain or disabilities be damned.
You're not going to show up weekly for free radiation treatments or get a new kidney just because you need one.
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Not nonsense.Biker wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:21 amNonsenseStapes wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:19 amYea, that's only for emergencies. You can't pay they kick you out of bed and dump you on the street. Can't afford cancer treatments? You could be out of luck.
https://www.acep.org/life-as-a-physicia ... act-sheet/
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Re: Moving to private healthcare systems
I expect we're closer on this than either of us would be with CS, for instance.Biker wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:21 amSee, I think the ACA is the way to go because it gets the market involved. Not just healthcare stocks, but provider competition as well. If we all believe, and I assume you do, that competition elevates all levels, why wouldnt that be the case in healthcare?FSchmertz wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:18 amBecause any healthcare debate eventually turns on some kind of nonsense regarding waiting times, death panels etc. (just scroll up to some of CS's posts) from the other side, without addressing adequate care for everyone who needs it, and any real alternative plan ala Chump's and the Rethugs imaginary "Really Awesome Health Plan" that'll exist as soon as they get rid of Obamacare (which really isn't that good either, btw).
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The U.S. is the only developed nation without healthcare for all. We cant even discuss it because morons dive right into "oh my god" what about illegals. Every country has their own version that works for them. We could do the same here. Our healthcare doesn't work here. We spend more per capita and get terrible results back. High mortality rates for adults and infants in the richest country in the world. Bankruptcies from getting cancer. My sister just got diagnosed with cancer and has a 9,000 dollar deductible before anything starts getting paid for. And still pays 700 a month. That is untenable for the average smuck.
I've read plenty of articles from US citizens who became UK citizens through marriage or whatever and they are more than happy with the care they get.
I've read plenty of articles from US citizens who became UK citizens through marriage or whatever and they are more than happy with the care they get.
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I think it's an issue, but it shouldn't be used as a smokescreen hiding the fact that what we have now isn't really working.Biker wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:31 amYou talk as if the illegal immigration number is a trivial amount. Do you not see that as an issue?Stapes wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:30 am The U.S. is the only developed nation without healthcare for all. We cant even discuss it because morons dive right into "oh my god" what about illegals. Every country has their own version that works for them. We could do the same here. Our healthcare doesn't work here. We spend more per capita and get terrible results back. High mortality rates for adults and infants in the richest country in the world. Bankruptcies from getting cancer. My sister just got diagnosed with cancer and has a 9,000 dollar deductible before anything starts getting paid for. And still pays 700 a month. That is untenable for the average smuck.
I've read plenty of articles from US citizens who became UK citizens through marriage or whatever and they are more than happy with the care they get.
We've got to figure out how to get a better bang for our buck, and make healthcare accessible to every citizen.
(note the "citizen" part?)
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We're debating the way our Congresscritters should've been debating all along. This is too important to not be.Biker wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:40 amI agree, it needs improvement but what federal program gives you hope that placing 320 million people on the federal dole will improve care? I just dont see any evidence of thatFSchmertz wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:38 amI think it's an issue, but it shouldn't be used as a smokescreen hiding the fact that what we have now isn't really working.Biker wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:31 amYou talk as if the illegal immigration number is a trivial amount. Do you not see that as an issue?Stapes wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:30 am The U.S. is the only developed nation without healthcare for all. We cant even discuss it because morons dive right into "oh my god" what about illegals. Every country has their own version that works for them. We could do the same here. Our healthcare doesn't work here. We spend more per capita and get terrible results back. High mortality rates for adults and infants in the richest country in the world. Bankruptcies from getting cancer. My sister just got diagnosed with cancer and has a 9,000 dollar deductible before anything starts getting paid for. And still pays 700 a month. That is untenable for the average smuck.
I've read plenty of articles from US citizens who became UK citizens through marriage or whatever and they are more than happy with the care they get.
We've got to figure out how to get a better bang for our buck, and make healthcare accessible to every citizen.
(note the "citizen" part?)
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any hospital can refuse anybody emergency services,but then the Feds will disqualify them from Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements on everything. So,if your O.D.ing on the street,or have a gunshot,knife wound ,etc and apparently not carrying a Blue Cross membership, it's off to the county hospital for free stuff and the bill will windup on property owners taxes under "county services' or the like. it's called 'steering' . Uninsured or under insured are more likely to sue the hospital or doctors for whatever reason. Corp hospitals don't want that headache and I cannot blame them.Wut wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:17 amSorry, I think you're wrong about that.Biker wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:15 amNo, treatment facilities cannot turn away patients based on ability to pay.Wut wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:14 amIsn't that just acute emergency care?Biker wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 12:47 amNope, US healthcare law states that hospitals cannot refuse treatment.FSchmertz wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:36 pmNo, you often don't get any healthcare at all. You may have to "elect" to die from treatable issues.Charliesheen wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:06 pm True. If you can’t pay extra for US style healthcare, you get filthy hospitals and 6 month delays on what the NHS says is elective; your pain or disabilities be damned.
You're not going to show up weekly for free radiation treatments or get a new kidney just because you need one.
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‘We can’t afford healthcare’: US hospital workers fight for higher wages
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Listen to the cheers.
And the folks who brought you the roll out of Obamacare and the Iowa caucus fiasco know they can do a better job than market forces and the private sector.
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Re: Moving to private healthcare systems
Biker wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:40 amI agree, it needs improvement but what federal program gives you hope that placing 320 million people on the federal dole will improve care? I just dont see any evidence of thatFSchmertz wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:38 amI think it's an issue, but it shouldn't be used as a smokescreen hiding the fact that what we have now isn't really working.Biker wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:31 amYou talk as if the illegal immigration number is a trivial amount. Do you not see that as an issue?Stapes wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:30 am The U.S. is the only developed nation without healthcare for all. We cant even discuss it because morons dive right into "oh my god" what about illegals. Every country has their own version that works for them. We could do the same here. Our healthcare doesn't work here. We spend more per capita and get terrible results back. High mortality rates for adults and infants in the richest country in the world. Bankruptcies from getting cancer. My sister just got diagnosed with cancer and has a 9,000 dollar deductible before anything starts getting paid for. And still pays 700 a month. That is untenable for the average smuck.
I've read plenty of articles from US citizens who became UK citizens through marriage or whatever and they are more than happy with the care they get.
We've got to figure out how to get a better bang for our buck, and make healthcare accessible to every citizen.
(note the "citizen" part?)
Medicare for All Would Save U.S. $450 Billion, Prevent Nearly 70,000 Deaths a Year
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