When Obama said ‘millions of Americans don’t have health insurance’ the majority of Americans heard ‘millions of Americans don’t have health care’. When I was young, my parents paid cash for our trips to the Dr for the little things. It was very affordable. They carried Blue Cross/Blue Shield for catastrophic medical situations. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could go back to the simpler days?. Before Obamacare, EVERY AMERICAN had the right to be treated at the ER of every hospital. But the ERs had become overused. I had an argument with an Obama loving cousin about the ERs providing everybody care. Turns out he was angered because they had to sometimes wait hours for their care. All I could say was ‘you are upset that people who aren’t paying for their health care might have to wait for a time before being seen??’ Yep, that was the problem. I sure hope Trump can get this sorted.....it is such a bleeping mess now!
That’s the insurance my family had for years. And in talking to my mom and others about it, people were very happy with it. She was in the front office, for a doctor for close to 30 years. Said things were very simple prior to the Clinton’s coming in with their revamp of things. Said that things just got progressively worse and worse.
My brother, retired NYPD, picked what he thought was the best(most expensive) plan when he retired. Was paying out the nose for it. Figured out that if he got a cheaper plan(more of the catastrophic coverage) and paid for doctors visits for his kids out of pocket, it was much cheaper. The doctors charged a different, cash rate, and everyone was happy. Hopefully, we can go back to something like that real soon.