[TigersEye]

Anyone who doesn't think we have the best health care system on the planet is an idiot.

Do you disagree?

[pandoraou812]

WEFG.....I want to fix it. Lets find the scammers, illegals & people who abuse SSI etc & get them out of the system. Get the doctors who abuse the system & fine them. I happen to like my insurance & pay out the nose for it. But I need it & nothing is for free. Seems to me the govt messes up more things then fixes them.

[babygene]

“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.