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Health Care Reform: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
The Good:
- Private health insurance can't deny you for a pre-existing condition under this bill.
- You can't be dropped from a policy because you get sick.
- If you have insurance, they can't "cap" your coverage and say "you've been sick enough now, so we're not paying any more."
The Bad:
- It's not REAL universal health care. YES, I am "one of those" who fully wants this backwards country to switch to a single-payer system like Canada's system. I think anything less is a travesty - humiliating and ludicrous. Time to join the modern world, people.
- Because it's not real UHC, this will do nothing to help the over-complicated network of insurers and the grossly high overhead costs of the health care system.
- Private insurance still rules our health care system. I'm sorry, but for-profit health "insurance" is a crime against humanity, as far as I'm concerned.
- Nothing to attenuate costs of malpractice insurance, which is putting even GOOD doctors out of business, even if they've never been sued for malpractice.
The Ugly:
- Fining people for not having health insurance. WTF?!? I'm sorry, but for the self-employed to have to afford policies on their own when they're BARELY making ends meet... this is going to bankrupt many individuals. That's STUPID.
Want to chime in with your thoughts? Go for it, but no flaming. Civil discourse, please. Actual facts, please. Insight from those who live in countries with UHC are welcomed and encouraged to share their experiences.
- Private health insurance can't deny you for a pre-existing condition under this bill.
- You can't be dropped from a policy because you get sick.
- If you have insurance, they can't "cap" your coverage and say "you've been sick enough now, so we're not paying any more."
The Bad:
- It's not REAL universal health care. YES, I am "one of those" who fully wants this backwards country to switch to a single-payer system like Canada's system. I think anything less is a travesty - humiliating and ludicrous. Time to join the modern world, people.
- Because it's not real UHC, this will do nothing to help the over-complicated network of insurers and the grossly high overhead costs of the health care system.
- Private insurance still rules our health care system. I'm sorry, but for-profit health "insurance" is a crime against humanity, as far as I'm concerned.
- Nothing to attenuate costs of malpractice insurance, which is putting even GOOD doctors out of business, even if they've never been sued for malpractice.
The Ugly:
- Fining people for not having health insurance. WTF?!? I'm sorry, but for the self-employed to have to afford policies on their own when they're BARELY making ends meet... this is going to bankrupt many individuals. That's STUPID.
Want to chime in with your thoughts? Go for it, but no flaming. Civil discourse, please. Actual facts, please. Insight from those who live in countries with UHC are welcomed and encouraged to share their experiences.
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you do have to kind of advocate for yourself - or your loved ones or whomever *nods* I agree, I don't think that people often don't realise the kind of help that is available to them too. My grandmother is 94 and got free hearing aids because of the NHS a few years ago, also because of the NHS when my parents bought her a special chair that rises to make it easier for her to stand up, they got to claim the VAT back. My Mum was a nurse for many years, and now manages a care home, and that's why she knows about all the services available, but I'm sure for many others these things might as well not exist because they aren't well advertised.