Posted on 05/14/2018 2:55:19 PM PDT by davikkm
Trump said, “We got rid of the individual mandate. We have great plans coming out. … And we’re doing everything to keep those premiums down, but it’s a failed experiment, Obamacare. But wait until you see the plans we have coming out, literally, over the next four weeks. We have great healthcare plans coming out. But we got rid of the individual mandate.”
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Spot on. Prosecution of price fixing and anti-trust violations would collapse healthcare costs. But it ain’t gonna happen. The current system will have to collapse on it’s own. Medicare and Medicaid are on course to consume the entire current Federal budget in the next few years.
Start with the links below to find out what they are ( Thank you Rand Paul, and finding the ruling that made them a reality {UPS} and that the president can be applied everywhere )
One might categorize the Buffett, Amazon, JPMorgan, Berkshire Hathaway announcement earlier this year might have been the 1st to take advantage of PDJT's exec-order, covering 900,000 people.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/02/25/amazon-jpmorgan-berkshire-health-care/350625002/
It will.
It is time to consider what should come after that collapse - and how to permanently remove the current executives and managers from their positions, so they don't get another chance to bleed us.
Dear President Trump, I am willing to listen to your ‘great plans’ but quite frankly we do NOT WANT THE FED GOVT involved in personal health care
it is not the fed’s proper or constitutional job
let states provide whatever they think is necessary, if they think there are any needs in their own states let them do it
the federal government is NOT capable of the task, is far too far away from the individual citizens...
Great.
Where is the wall?
Then enjoy single payer when it comes because the current system is not a free market and the prices are unaffordable for those who don’t have subsidies or employer paid insurance. If we continue down the current road, single payer government controlled health care will be a reality. The public will demand it and so will the large corporations who will be happy to dump the cost of health insurance on the government and their employees.
Real free markets have competition and price discovery. The current market is highly regulated and has no price transparency. Without the ability to compare pricing between providers, there is no efficient market.
Make Healthcare Plans Great Again!
Oh, just kidding, they’ve never been great.
But prior to Obama, I certainly never paid $1K a month for shitty insurance. It is essentially premium prices for catastrophic insurance, since the deductibles are so high.
This. Get them the heck out of it.
Sounds great. I anticipate seeing it.
Sorry, they’re not getting rid of Medicare or Medicaid. They’re over 25% of the federal budget and old people aren’t gonna give up their freebies, and they VOTE.
Sure thing, just make sure you cover the debt generated over the last 40 years and I’ll sign that check. ;)
Medicaid is rarely for old people-———it is for poor people,including their children.
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....”they’re not getting rid of Medicare or Medicaid”....
Neither should they.....but there will be changes for obvious reasons.
No person 70 and over should be without full health care coverage in our country. We need to take care of our Seniors.
Once one cannot afford secondary or supplemental with medicare, Medicaid is secondary and it will take everything you own.
“Once one cannot afford secondary or supplemental with medicare, Medicaid is secondary and it will take everything you own.”
I’m well aware of that-——so I made sure I no longer own anything of value.
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I beg to differ.
I’m going through this right now with my mother. She had a severe stroke last November which resulted in long hospitalization, nursing home care, and now assisted living care.
She did everything “right”. She had a comfortable retirement plan that included her pension and the equivalent of a 401K plan. She has Blue Cross/Blue Shield insurance along with Medicare.
I’ve been to countless nursing homes and assisted living homes. I know what these places charge.
As her Power Of Attorney, I’ve had to undertake the task of slowly liquidating her entire estate. I’ll have to sell her home sometime in the 8-12 months. That will be the end of the line. She will then have to go on Medicaid.
Everything my mother earned and saved over decades is rapidly disappearing. She’ll have nothing left within 1-2 years.
65% of nursing home residents live solely off of Medicaid. (By the way, Medicaid does not cover assisted living care in most states.)
My attorney sees cases like ours hundreds of times per year. People that did all the right things can and do lose everything in their estate due to medical expenses if they aren’t lucky enough to die before then.
So, what recommendations or solutions...as far as planning....does your/your mom’s attorney offer, to prevent what your dear mom and you are having to go through?
I’m so sorry for what you’re having to deal with.
I feel there is a planning opportunity, somewhere....for folks to be able to have decent care, in their elder years.
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