The transition period is going to be the Achilles’ heel of any “repeal and replace”. No transition, just SPANG, drop the replacement on the clients immediately upon repeal. This happens to insurance policies all the time, as the old policy is taken over and administered by “the successor in due course”. No lapse in coverage, no immediate change in premiums due, but the obligatory mandatory coverages are immediately suspended.
It would be a headache for the bean counters, but they have not really been challenged for several years now. Time to shape up and sharpen their skills.
Every state has a medicaid program. Shove the health care grifters in that direction.
DUMBOCARE was put in place piece meal, and that is probably the only way to dismantle it, you have to have time to allow the damage to be undone. Hospitals, doctors, clinic, and pharmacies had to put in new computer systems. Takes time to convert those things. The computers don’t talk to each other as they were supposed to do. Methodist does not share with Baptist, or any other hospital or medical system a DR belongs to. It would be nice to have a seamless system where all your Lab work can be found in 1 place. Cancel the final pieces for 2017 and 2018.
First place you start is eliminate the Penalty. Then make ins portable and you can shop across state lines for a better deal.
A high risk ins pool that crosses state lines for shopping policies for those of us who are chronically incurably ill. With access to proper pain meds not this new DUMBO pain med restrictions...HE LIED about the Pain Pill for Granny. No more having to go to Worthless Pain Management who are more Shrinks than Pain Specialist, they don’t know the diseases they are scripting for. Your Specialist should be able to treat your pain with out fear of losing their license or going to prison. I’m tired of having to PEE in a bottle every 3 months just to get my Seizure Med just because it’s is on the DEA list like Morphine is. Seizure meds are used to control not fixable nerve damage pain. My entire right side has Peripheral Neuropathy from back degenerative nerve damage. It would crumble if you even tried to shave off a bone spur.
And make sure all studies state that those who OD are also addicted to other illegal or legal..booze substances. That part of the studies is always BURIED in the small print section.
FULL DISCLOSURE on when a med is FDA FLAGGED or Black Boxed so patients can make a choice if they want the drug or not. If a drug has A-Fib as a major side effect a heart patient should know about it before it is even written so they can chose if they want it. To many docs don’t know their meds side effects or if it interferes with other meds.