Posted on 08/18/2017 11:29:21 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
“Medicare is the VA on steroids”
You need to read:
“Americans With Government Health Plans Most Satisfied”
http://www.gallup.com/poll/186527/americans-government-health-plans-satisfied.aspx
Americans with EBT cards most satisfied with frozen pizza; Americans who pay for their own pizza call it cardboard
As I said, I have yet to use it, or my Tricare secondary insurance-don’t plan to unless I sustain a serious injury at work or some such-and since I’m the one responsible to the contractor I work for-overseeing jobsite safety is part of what I do-it wouldn’t be wise for me to do something stupid myself...
Not only is it done by people with money, but it is also often hidden in the coding, so that the $$$ for a major and more expensive procedure is paid out for what actually was a minor and much less costly one-it nearly happened to my guy a few months ago-on the copy of the bill he got, somehow a backyard mishap-getting a stepped-on piece of railroad tie removed and foot stitched had morphed into a surgery complete with another consulting physician-to the tune of $7500. He said this is too weird, and showed it to me.
I told him call your secondary insurer and give them the code numbers on all line items-he did, the insurer went apes***, thanked him and filed a complaint-you see that happen all the time with workers comp billing, too. If I were king, I’d not only fine the fraudsters, I’d have them en la carcel, tambien...
I would also love to have cafeteria plan Medicare, too-damn near everyone I know never or barely uses it-healthy lifestyle and working hard is more common in rural areas-most of us pay cash, don’t get drugs and would likely only use catastrophic coverage-so we should be able to buy just that.
You never stop paying for Medicare-that is what pisses many of us off-I payed for it all the time I worked for someone else, and I still do working for myself-whether you work or not, it is deducted from your SS check-or in my case, my SS benefits as a widow. I’d be more than willing to pay more for private, cafeteria insurance coverage that I-NOT the government-choose...
You don’t get it
Medical care should not be the preview of the government. Let the free market deal with it
Single payer is a disaster. You are dealing with insurance not health care
You have the same mind set as McShamey
The government should get out of health care.
No you need to quit pushing single payer
Why the heck are you on FR?
Move to Canada if you wNt single payer
Are you saying because children eat then they owe you SS and Medicare? You actually believe you are owed it due to some form af welfare swap Agreement?
I swear, this guy must be either a comedian, or the official apprentice to Jonathan Gruber...
Do you have a copy of the Gruber fold-out?
+1. I don’t understand his posts. Read post 49 and tell me what you interpret it to imply.
If my greed is focused on another group at their detriment then it is immoral.
I just can’t see another side to it.
There are more loses on "Medicare" patients than on Medicaid patients?
Or dazzled and blinded by all the BS, did you actually intend to say "Medicaid???"
I double down on my guess that you are a Jonathan Gruber Wannabe....
I guess I better start re-reading this entire thread from scratch tomorrow.
If there was a Gruber fold-out mentioned anywhere I must have missed it...
There was no mention. I was curious if anybody had it.
I’m still waiting for my 2500 in savings and wondering why my doc is gone.
49 is in response to his post at 40
His posts only make sense if he was at DU
He seems to think that if we don’t go single payer no one will be able to figure out their own health care.
His analogies are pointless
Your first guess is at least correct.....
How am I a Gruber wanna be? I hate govt involvement in health care. The fraud of both Medicaid and Medicare is hurting true health care
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