healthcare law

HEALTHCARE LAW

i have always been an advocate for a single payer system for

health care

heck if you are in the va system or the military you sort of have

one now and have for years

if the healthcare law hadnt been enacted the price of our health

insurance would have gone up 

opponents claim that the new law was the reason why our rates 

went up 

dont think so 

it was going to happen anyway

if you are on medicare or medicaid you are on a system that

is almost a single payer system 

that despite what you hear works fairly well

they actually do a fairly good job of controlling the cost of medicine

we do waste so much

ive seen health care from all sides

i worked in high school at a local hospital as an aide with other 

students and worked through college in the emergency room as 

an emergency room technician

i worked 3 years after residency fulfilling a national health service 

obligation as a private practitioner

then worked over 25 years as a family practitioner

now im retired and am seeing the side from the perspective of 

a patient

dont like this side at all

theres deductibles non covered services copays non covered 

providers etc

when in high school i wrote a paper on enacting a national health

insurance in favor of it and have always felt we needed one

were the only industrialized country in the world without one

there is a great uneveness to our system we have

if you work in the system you know what im talking about

if you are on medicaid or medicare or god forbid have no insurance

just try to get certain health care done 

wont happen

the health care law is a step that way in the right direction

you know we pay for all this uncovered care one way or another

yes our system has the best available medical care in the world

but its not available to everyone and

we have one of the worst record of health care results in the major

industrialized countries

we do need more

heck we talking about contraception a battle fought 50 years ago 

im sure the rest of the world is laughing at us 

i know i am

your 25 year old can now get health insurance on your policy

if you dont believe in the new law dont let them on it

your insurance has to pay for your mammogram and pap and 

other preventative care without copays

if you dont believe in the new law pay cash for yours

im not paying for mine

if your child has a preexisting condition and you lose your job

and try to get him or her insurance now they cant carry forward

that preexisting condition

soon that will extend to all adults

if you dont agree with the new law then just get your insurance

with that preexisting condition and pay for your childs asthma attack

yes i agree with the law  though more needs to be done

just look at your own situation and see if the new law is already 

helping you

bet it is 

if you are in the military on military retirement in the va system on medicare

medicaid or on certain government plans you are already on a federal

national plan and really shouldnt be involved in opposing this plan

as you are already on a national insurance

apparently that eliminates over 50% of us

if you dont agree with it then just drop your insurance coverage and 

go without it

youll pay and then well have to pay

i hope the supreme court leaves this law alone

it was long overdue

more needs to be done

from a taxpayer, physician, and patient

the organicgreen doctor