Public Medicine

Comment #3

justxploring — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:10:25 GMT

and now I can't even call myself a Liberal. LOL Last year I worked for a Medicare Advantage company and left because it wasn't a good plan (too many gaps) and the manager lied at presentations (as the blog says) but this article is full of manure. Some of the better plans save people a lot of money. At least it gives them a choice. Anyway, where it says that these plans "cherry pick" healthy clients is so untrue, I had to laugh out loud (for real) The first thing we were taught, even at this... [ More ]

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time*treat — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:39:19 GMT

They are designed to provide job security for their managers, test subjects & profits for Big Pharma, and a continuous a supply of voters for their administrators. Taking MedicAid, as an example, I took this from their page (http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicaidEligibility/) "The option to have a "medically needy" program allows states to extend Medicaid eligibility to additional qualified persons who may have too much income to qualify under the mandatory or optional categorically needy groups. This... [ More ]

Comment #1

justxploring — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:34:52 GMT

<br />Medicare & Medicaid are not the same programs, although I realize there are a lot of people who get all their prescription meds for free or for very little. That isn't the case with many seniors however.<br /><br />Since this is your blog, I won't tell you the story about my friend who got breast cancer except that I remember when she cried "I am fighting for my life and the insurance company is giving me a hard time." I agree that socialized medicine is often a bad idea. But if the pla... [ More ]

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time*treat — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:19:14 GMT