This is pure bull crap. This is not "medicine." And there's LOTS more beyond these pages I show below, too. I spared you the next ten pages of gory details.
Posted on 12/12/2024 9:16:44 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The new fifth column of Democrat and RINO resisters to all things Trump is emerging. Medical care “experts” begin taunting Trump about his never offering an alternative to ObamaCare in his first term. They are incorrect.
The American Health Care Act (AHCA) of 2017, often called "TrumpCare," was a well-reasoned proposal aimed at repealing and replacing ObamaCare. The AHCA, by significantly changing the way health insurance is regulated and funded in America primarily focused on correcting flaws in the individual mandate, providing tax credits based on age rather than income, and allowing states more flexibility in designing healthcare plans… essentially transferring more control to states and away from the federal government.
Rational offerings of effective local healthcare plans allowed competition to over time reduce healthcare costs significantly. The offered plans would underscore the strong emphasis on the role of the patient, family, and their physician in healthcare decisions as one could readily see in reading the more concisely written AHCA. TrumpCare was very close to passing in 2017 but John McCain voted no in melodramatic defiance of Donald Trump.
The many hundreds more pages to read in ObamaCare illustrate the emphasis on endless layers of government bureaucrats mandating regulations and influencing healthcare decision-making -- not patients and their providers. As one read the voluminous ACA the line, “and The Secretary shall…” implement this and that regulation predominated the legislative verbiage. The current continuing and mushrooming costs and regulations of Obamacare are readily apparent -- reflecting the continuing lie of Obama that, “you can keep your doctor.”
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Every regulation is a cost, so cut the regulations.
In my view, you don’t healthcare for anything up until a broken bone, but you do need to have money set aside in the event you have a broken bone. You only need healthcare for the stuff that will cost you well beyond your ability to pay.
The only regulations needed, imo, is the assurance of honesty in the industry.
No matter what you call it KenyanKare is socialism defined. Some states only have one provider, this is not competition. The one thing that needs to happen is inject free-market capitalism into this behemoth to open it up to other providers.
And what stopped it years ago? The GOPe & the Trump haters. Know your enemy.
This is pure bull crap. This is not "medicine." And there's LOTS more beyond these pages I show below, too. I spared you the next ten pages of gory details.
Also, there’s no harm in looking at some of the best healthcare systems in the world to see if we can borrow some of their best ideas.
Singapore comes to mind. The country has delivered good health outcomes given its spending of 4 per cent of GDP on healthcare. This compares with 17 per cent for the US and 10 per cent for the UK. Their average life expectancy was 83 in 2022 (ours is 78 ). What are they doing better than us?
0bembacare was nothing more than a license to steal for all doctors, big pharma and thieves!
The life expectancy is a genetic and Asians the longest-living people in the world, so there is that. It probably also regulates heavily customer foods so that people don’t have choices about what they can buy.
Singapore taxes people for HSA’s until they reach the costs of the last six months of life before it will subsidize anybody.
RE: The life expectancy is a genetic and Asians the longest-living people in the world, so there is that.
Well, there’s something to be said about Americans NOT being a homogeneous country in terms of race. The average life expectancy of Africa-Americans is 71 years. That pulls the country’s average down.
But then, the trend is still UP, which means we’re doing something right.
I’ve often wondered how Australia’s average life expectancy manages to be about 82, given they have a native indigenous aboriginal population.... my guess is the aborigines are not populous enough to affect the average.
RE: Singapore taxes people for HSA’s until they reach the costs of the last six months of life
Don’t we already do the same via our FICA?
Here’s an idea, as a supplement to FICA, we can encourage EVERYONE regardless of age to hold TAX FREE HSA accounts which follows them for the rest of their lives.
This should apply even to those who are on Medicare.
I would bet the first thing is that they do not allow you to file a lawsuit against your doctor for $10 million.
Tort reform. All the lawyers are absolutely against it.
Second thing. Make free clinics for things like needing a doctor/appointment because you have a sinus infection and just need antibiotics. CVS and Walgreens already have them. I believe Walmart may too right next to the pharmacy.
This will get all the people without insurance out of the ERs.
RE: I would bet the first thing is that they do not allow you to file a lawsuit against your doctor for $10 million.
SOURCE:
https://singaporelegaladvice.com/law-articles/medical-negligence-and-malpractice-in-singapore/
TITLE: Medical Negligence and Malpractice in Singapore
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Where to Find Recourse
In cases of medical negligence, legal recourse may be available to the victim. Legal advice may be sought and litigation may be commenced against the errant doctor. Depending on the amount that the victim is claiming for, the case can be heard in either the General Division of the High Court or the State Courts.
Most medical practitioners have medical malpractice insurance to insure their legal liabilities in the event of a legal claim. Of the approximately 10,000 doctors in Singapore, a majority are insured by the London-based Medical Protection Society. In some cases the victim may also choose instead to sue the clinic or hospital, which is likely to have deeper pockets than a junior doctor.
Nevertheless, litigation can be very costly and should be avoided as much as possible. The state of the legal system means that a claimant needs to engage a lawyer, seek medical expert witness testimony, legally review medical records, and be subject to corroborative medical examinations that can take a substantial amount of time.
Out-of-court settlements binding the victim and the culprit are sometimes reached to recompense the victim and minimise legal fees incurred by both sides. Besides litigation, other avenues are also available for the victim to seek redress.
Lodging a Complaint with the Singapore Medical Council
In a case of malpractice, the first port of call should be to lodge a complaint with the Singapore Medical Council (“SMC”), which is a statutory board under the Ministry of Health. The SMC is responsible for the regulation of the conduct of doctors in Singapore.
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“If you are on Medicare, you are REQUIRED to have an Annual Medicare Wellness Exam”
Literally 25 minutes ago I declined the “Annual Medicare Wellness Exam”.
Appt just continued on as normal and Dr. wrote new RXs for me.
Interesting that you are able to decline it. I was unaware of that possibility.
I had to do it to get a new doc. The old doc retired. It’s a THREE month wait to get an initial consultation with a new doc! I had to cancel my initially scheduled initial consultation (”Wellness Check”) in September (after waiting three months) and this December visit was the next available. It seems that lots of Docs, RNs, PAs, etc bailed out of the profession after the COVID insanity.
They initially told me it was a two-step process to get a new doc - the introductory “Wellness Check” meeting followed by an actual physical (which supposed to have been today). We cancelled the actual physical because I’ve seen my other docs for a variety of things and have had a lot of blood work done already. So at least they weren’t absolutely rigid about doing the two-step process to get the new doc.
I’m mostly able to write to my docs via the online system to get new Rx maintenance meds (BP, cholesterol, and the new blood thinner from July). That actually works well.
My personal idea is to have a tax deductible and investible HSA, to a certain maximum like $2 million. You can pass it on to whom you choose if you don’t use it so they are not as encumbered to getting to $2 million themselves. If you draw from it for non-medical purposes, what you draw is taxed as income. However, as long as you withdraw for medical purposes then it is not taxed.
It used to be 64 years for African AMericans, so it’s all going in the right direction.
I like it. Maybe you can write to say, RFK Jr. If he becomes the HHS head. I have a feeling he’ll like it as well.
I did post my idea to his Facebook page, but I don’t have a way to contact him personally. Maybe one of you Freepers, that might be in closer contact with him can steal my idea.
Get rid of OBAMACARE.
You are full of it. There is no legal requirement that I know of that I have to subject myself to an annual Medicare check up. I get pestered to do check ups, but I am never threatened
If the dic I see works for a health system, I’m not his patient.
I’m just the grist in the medical mill he works for.
Trump should do what needs to be done to make it easier for physicians who want to practice outside a health system to do do.
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