Should the U.S. healthcare bill be repealed?

[Facetious]

This is my issue about the bill:

Honestly, I feel that this bill was pushed through by Obama so he could put his "mark" on the presidency. It was a rush job and some members of Congress have even admitted to not reading it through entirely.

Yup, these are the folks we voted to represent our best interests.

So beyond pushing for this bill that we, the people, can't even afford...it failed to address some pretty big key points:

- putting a leash on pharmaceutical companies (sorry, the annual "fee" isn't going to stop them...it'll just make them charge more)
* putting a leash on hospitals and their billing practices

Also, in 2013 there will be a 2.9% excise tax imposed on the sale of medical devices with anything purchased at the retail level by the public is excluded from the tax. Great...but who does the government think is going ot pick up that tax? Not the hospitals or clinics needing new equipment...in the end it'll go right back to the people in higher health care costs.

I'm not denying the healthcare system needs a good overhaul but c'mon...something pushed through in months isn't going to work. It's a very expensive bandaid that's only going to make it harder to fix.

As they say, you can't get blood out of a stone...
The high costs associated with hospital visits are not about making a killing in profit, they're about keeping the hospitals solvent. You see, under the current law, our nation's health care facilities (both public and private alike) may not turn away patients for any reason other than overcapacity.

The American hospital(s) have been nailed by an increasing number of non payment patients over the last dozen years . . I wonder why?

You're absolutely right, in that there is no easy fix to this problem.

 

[georges]

the bill should be repealed and people should insure themselves at their own level.

 

[Straight Shooter]

the bill should be repealed and people should insure themselves at their own level.

You can still do that under this bill. All it is is giving people tax incentives to buy private health insurance, there is no government takeover of health care

 

[Rey C.]

It looks good on paper but we can't afford it and really like all government runned agencies, it doesn't work too well!

Just allow more insuance companies to offer medical and health insurance and let them battle it out for customers, prices will drop!

No to Communism yes to Capitalism!!!

Uh, don't you mean socialism? Ya see, communism is a governmental system and capitalism is an economic system. So you wouldn't compare a... oh never mind.

Yes, repeal it! We must stand up to the red forces of fascism. And e-legal aliens. And death panels. We also need to repeal the law that forces private hospitals to treat people in their ER's regardless of their legal status or ability to pay. I bet it was one of them commie nazis that came up with that too!

Along with Michele Bachmann, I've said this a million times if I've said it twice: all ya need to do is deregulate and cut taxes and the problem will solve itself. I blame that damn Roosevelt for starting this crap. If him and his Dem buddies Hoot and Smalley hadn't gone and raised tariffs, the Great Depression would have been over in 3 months... 5 tops! Same thing with this, man! Just deregulate the health insurance industry and cut corporate taxes. The deficit will disappear and everybody's health insurance costs will drop like a rock. Try it and see if me and Michele aren't right!

 

[Rey C.]

As they say, you can't get blood out of a stone...
The high costs associated with hospital visits are not about making a killing in profit, they're about keeping the hospitals solvent. You see, under the current law, our nation's health care facilities (both public and private alike) may not turn away patients for any reason other than overcapacity.

The American hospital(s) have been nailed by an increasing number of non payment patients over the last dozen years . . I wonder why?

You're absolutely right, in that there is no easy fix to this problem.

Pssst! Only hospitals with ER rooms on campus are covered by Reagan's law. If you need chemo and you can't afford chemo, too fucking bad. The law doesn't apply to patient maintenance or ongoing treatments, unless it becomes an emergency medical situation. When the tumor in your lung gets big enough that you're struggling for breath, that's an emergency. You can come back to the ER then. But don't stagger into a hospital without an ER on campus (unless you have an insurance card), cause you'll get the bum's rush.

Thank you. Come again. :hatsoff:


Are you Facetious or am I facetious? How about you stay "Facetious" and I'll become "Sarcasm"? Dealio?!

P.S. You're right; there is no easy fix.

P.P.S. My doctor is in it for the money. Before we had our falling out, he was bragging about the iPads he was buying for the office. And when he found out I was a car guy, all the little bastard talked about was the BMW 7 series he had ordered. As long as he got paid, whether I lived or died didn't mean a hill of beans to him.