Liberals are traitors.
It compensated by charging private insurers a premium for the Mayo name, but (health plans are) starting to balk
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The Evil Insurance Companies are already footing the bill for Medicare being underfunded
That's not the end of it, they charge you even more if you self pay, same with prescription drugs.
Or they should’ve just rolled the patients out on the street when their situation was no longer financially tenable!
Death is far more preferable than loss of profit. Any life is sacred, family values conservative knows this.
If you don't your obviously a Marxist, siding with the communist, planning to install Hugo Chavez as the next leader of the United Regime of Amerika....
I can’t believe that anyone at all would want to become a physician, given what they have to look forward to.
Essentially, any “public option” amounts to subsidized care being delivered to an ever-increasing number of participants, as more and more plans that operate on a sound fiscal basis are taxed or mandated out of business.
There is not, and never could be, any means by which the “public option” is ever as much as a “break-even” scheme, and it would be probably forbidden by law to generate any kind of profit, as that would be “immoral”.
Ultimately, ALL health care provided through a “public option” will be rationed. First come, first served, no compassionate cuts in line allowed. Doctors and other medical professionals will not accept excessive curbs on their incomes, and altruism alone is not enough of an incentive for a doctor of even modest capablilties, let alone the most competent.
I see the potential growth of a lot of “underground” medical services. And if you thought back ally abortions were a disgrace, just wait. People will pay a LOT for what is considered quackery today, because the alternative simply will not be available in any viable time frame.
So, when 1000’s get the hell out of healthcare what then? Hmmmmm
Two words: TORT REFORM!!!
My sis works for Mayo. She will be retiring in 9 yrs (can’t wait for that).
Recently my Mayo doc quit & it took me 4 monthes to get a new doc. And I only got one because my sis pulled strings & told my new doc that I had PRIVATE insurance. Otherwise I would still not have a doc.
They do not want Medicare/Medicaid patients.
And the sad truth is that Medicare pays a far higher rate than does Medicaid. That explains why hospitals in Medicaid-laden population areas tend to go out of business. They just cannot afford to stay in business.
I would point out to our Congressmen that in DC over the past decade, several hospitals that catered to the Medicaid populations have shut their doors: D.C. General Hospital, Hadley Memorial Hospital, Greater Southeast Hospital, and Columbia Hospital for Women.
That leaves, basically, only ‘research hospitals’ affiliated with university medical schools such as Georgetown, George Washington and Howard. There is also the Washington Hospital Center (research), Providence (RC) and Sibley Memorial (very uptown).
Before pushing this plan Members of Congress might wish to look in their own backyard.
Public option isn’t really an option. Doctor’s are not forced to see Medicaid and Medicare patients. Keep reducing the amount they’re reimbursed and they won’t see any at all, unless they’re forced to.... by a single payer plan.