Posted on 12/06/2013 10:14:32 AM PST by rktman
Sounds like they took a lesson from Humana in FL on how to save money. A Humana primary care Dr. told my dad that he could not have a flu shot because he had not had his spleen removed.
As the illegal invaders pouring over the borders become eligible for health care ahead of US citizens we will find ourselves traveling to Mexico and Costa Rica for advanced medical care that we are no longer “eligible” for in our country of birth.
This law has to be repealed or we are done as the nation founded in 1776. I don’t see the pubbies doing anything about it even if they win both houses of Congress next year because they are just the other branch of the Party of Big Government.
Anyone have the jpg of obozo standing in front of a furnace saying “trust me it’s an MRI”?
Gets rid of that pesky inheritance for those not rich enough to have to pay the inheritance tax.
The last thing this regime wants are the unwashed masses owning their own property. They're looking to get back to the good old days of a gentrified privileged class and the serfs, who live to serve them.
Mark
Your scenario would no doubt result in an epidemic of elderly suicides. Kind of hard for Barry and his cohorts to sweep under the rug.
Amazing how far we’ve fallen in 5 long years.
Gives new meaning to “Let’s go serfin’ dude”.
I’ve been involved with both Medicaid and Medicare.
I don’t see how either is sustainable. Medicare is a huge generational transfer of wealth from young to old, from worker to non-worker. We all owe responsibility to our older generation, but the way we are doing it now is a massive, inefficient system that will cost ever more.
Medicaid will slowly turn toward Venezuela-style health care. Fewer and fewer doctors treating poor and often uneducated people. Treatment will be by rote, often done only with an eye to reimbursements on people often not smart enough or responsible enough to know better. Of course, it also caught in a government sponsored cycle of every higher costs and inefficiency.
And the Medicare law clearly permits this. Do a search on "Advanced Beneficiary Notice" if you don't believe me.
Since Medicare beneficiaries are massively subsidized by deductions from my paycheck, I wouldn't want it any other way.
” As medicade rolls increase, especially with the elderly who own their own homes, once the patient dies, the state or federal government will recoup the payments of medicade by confiscating the property of the deceased.”
This article is about MEDICARE,not Medicaid.
The estate is safe under Medicare-—no confiscation.
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WHAT????? That is the stupidest dumb a%$ so called doctor I have ever heard of
Flu shots are free and available nearly everywhere. You don’t need the doctor to get one.
You’re correct.
Medicare is a good system to have (as a patient) but financially unsustainable.
With Medicare and a BC supplemental I’ve had no problem accessing a bunch of specialists.
Did you know your “President” ordered that US flags be flown at half-staff to honor the African Communist terrorist? And he is not even an American; but then, neither is Barack Al-Obama.
You believed that?
Why shouldn’t I? The O admin has convinced a certain class of ‘ms’s that obeying is the right thing
Since being forced in to mediscare, I had a major back surgery and looking at the claims info on the mediscare web site, it’s pretty darn easy to see why a lot of docs opt out of caring for mediscare patients. Since I need my ss check, I didn’t have much choice. I would have preferred to stay with my “retiree” medical despite the higher out of pocket for the premiums. I have to use it as my secondary in order to keep the missus on it. Now up to about 38% of my retirement check.
Flag protocols have been so violated that they have almost no meaning anymore. Trash collector died? Lower the flags.
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