Comments on: Don’t Let Them Split the Public Option from the Mandates

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By: rikyrah

rikyrah — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:19:55 +0000

EVENING OPEN THREAD IS UP

By: rikyrah

rikyrah — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:19:55 +0000

EVENING OPEN THREAD IS UP

By: Angelar

Angelar — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:16:56 +0000

Democrats just don't know how to fight as hard and as ruthless as Republicans.

By: RobM

RobM — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:26:41 +0000

One more reason the onus is on Presdient Obama to pass a bill w/ the publc issue. this is an issue he has “perisistently” advocated for and has guaranteed. Reading above is one more reason for him to continue w/ his persistence. It is possible to recognize that a this point in President Obama's presidency he has not accomplished this in the bankruptcy bill, the stimulus bill and the cap and trade bill.

By: whiterosebuddy

whiterosebuddy — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:14:18 +0000

Mandates are nothing but profits for the insurers. Mandated profits!

By: Booky

Booky — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:11:37 +0000

There was one black guy sitting on the stage. I wonder how much they paid him to show up?

By: karlewis

karlewis — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:00:01 +0000

I am, it's all white hair seniors who want the governemnt to take it's hands off their SS & Medicare. Goes to show that age does not bring wisdom and we have a lot of old fools.

By: Booky

Booky — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:51:11 +0000

Is anyone watching the all hate all the time McSame townhall anti health care reform meeing on CNN (craighickma I know you're not)?

By: Plantsmantx

Plantsmantx — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:40:34 +0000

Isn't it strange that all these “the government shouldn't be in your business” conservative Republicans and “centrist” Democrats are all for a government-dictated mandate on health insurance? Hmm, I wonder why?

By: Angelar

Angelar — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:37:48 +0000

I read more and more articles like this. I don't understand why the pro health care reformers are not telling Americans plain and simple that the insurance companies woudn't ecnourage medical tourism if it didn't add to their bottom line. I am convinced this is the future for American health care if we don't do something to lower costs here. Why would Americans want their dollars for yet another industry to go overseas?

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/aug/25/med...

"Medical tourism

Americans traveling for medical care a sign that health care costs are out of control
Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009 | 2:05 a.m.

Elizabeth Kunz of South Carolina learned from her dentist this year that she needed eight crowns, a filling and a root canal. She shopped around and found that it would cost $10,000 — and she has medical insurance.

Her insurance company offered another option: a dentist in Costa Rica. She booked a trip. The work cost her $2,800.

She is not alone.

The Associated Press recently reported that 1.6 million Americans are expected to travel abroad next year for medical procedures. Several countries, including Mexico, Brazil and Costa Rica, have clinics that cater to so-called medical tourists, and they are doing a booming business.

Patients aren’t just going for dental work or cosmetic procedures. The clinics also offer surgeries, including heart bypass and hip and knee replacements.

The thought of people traveling abroad for medical care conjures up horrific images of poorly trained “doctors” and subpar facilities. However, advocates of medical tourism programs say many of the doctors and hospitals are just as good as you would find in the United States.

U.S. insurance companies have started working with the foreign clinics, helping patients find good doctors and agreeing to pay for care.

With the cost of medical care in this country what it is, we understand why people are willing to travel. Taking advantage of lower costs of living, drugs and medical supplies, the clinics can offer as much as an 80 percent discount.

This trend of people leaving the country to seek medical care is troubling and a sign of a bigger problem — skyrocketing health care costs. A recent study in the American Journal of Medicine suggests that six in 10 bankruptcies were due to medical bills.

Containing costs should be a focus of the debate in Congress about health care. After all, what good is having what is supposed to be the best medical system in the world if people can’t afford to use it?"