“Do you disagree?”
I think we have probably the best health care. However, we are being taking advantage of by our insurance companies.
Two examples from my personal experience:
I am retired from HP, and have HP insurance coverage for the wife and myself... She is on Medicare, I am not yet.
Foe her, Medicare is her Primary and the retirement insurance is secondary. This is required by a government mandate.
Her heart pills (covered by HP insurance) had a co-pay of $30. The same pills at Walmart were $4.00. When I informed Payless drugs of this, (but only after I complaned) they said they would match Walmart’s price. Keep in mind, $30 was my co-pay through my insurance plan. This is a rip off,
My Dr. recently prescribed Flomax for me because I mentioned that I had to get up in the middle of the night to pee. They wanted $50 a month co-pay... That’s with perception coverage from a fortune 500 company... That’s ridiculous, for $50 a month I’ll get my butt out of bed every night.
From what I understand, 30% of our healthcare dollar goes to pay lawyers for malpractice of one form or another. This needs to be changed as a major part of any health care reform.
This is required by a government mandate.
Who is really causing the problem here?
That’s ridiculous, for $50 a month I’ll get my butt out of bed every night.
You can fix that better with herbal medicines for far less money and no side-effects. I realize that is an aside from the political discussion here. Just sayin'.