Posted on 08/04/2019 1:55:08 PM PDT by Kaslin
Ronald Reagan famously mocked liberals by saying, "We're from the federal government and we're here to help." Yet Republicans are adopting that same philosophy with various feel good health care bills they're backing, and it could land us with socialized medicine if they're not careful.
The new health care issue de jure is "surprise billing," when people who have health insurance end up with large medical bills because they received care from doctors outside of their insurance plan's "network."
This often happens from emergency room visits, and it can be especially menacing when hospitals send their sky-high "charge master" prices, an accounting gimmick that creates paper revenue losses for tax and other purposes, to unsuspecting people who don't know how the system works.
Pretty much everyone this side of the remorseless hit man in "No Country for Old Men" can sympathize with some God-fearing, middle-class family that gets stuck with an unexpected $10,000 hospital bill despite paying their insurance premiums on time every month.
The problem has gotten worse in the last several years with Obamacare as a primary driver. The story of why is like the classic children's book "A Fly Went By," in which each animal believes it's being chased by another behind it that's really just fleeing from something else.
Thanks to Obamacare, the plan for a 65-year-old man is now required to cover pregnancy, kids are still kids until they're 26 years old, and there are all kinds of other expensive goodies. Also, everyone involved has to pay a million lawyers a zillion dollars just to understand how to follow the rules.
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Anyone for a thorough dissertation on the difference between “de jure” and “du jour”?
I’m still not sure where in the constitution it says that the federal government shall provide health insurance. If anything, it should be a state’s rights issue.
And the plan for a 25-year-old man is required to cover rheumatism, cataracts, osteoporosis, adult onset diabetes, and Parkinson's Disease. That's how insurance works.
Thirteen more days to go.
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Junk article, makes n sense and the sensationalist title is not matched by the content. Sounds like the author is just looking for something to write
Repeal and do NOT replace
I had this crappy bait & switch deal last year. I went in for a routine colonoscopy. As preventative care, it was 100% covered by my High-Deductible health insurance.
However, the anesthesiologist was not part of the “right hospital system”.... and, I ended up paying him $800. I was PO’d! Nobody said anything about this before I went it... Jutst, “It’s ALL covered”.
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