Managed care was supposed to contain costs etc in our health care. Doctors are told by insurance companies what tests they can run and what meds the insurance company will cover. If they ordered too many tests they would be dropped from the insurance company, and then will lose the business of all the patients who are looking for a doctor who is contracted with their insurance company.
This has made money for insurance companies as they deny care routinely and postpone paying bills, and force subscribers to "fight" for their benefits. They often just deny something and hope you will not pursue it. Laws were passed to prevent the discrimination of insurance companies against the mentally ill- by making them pay for that care the same as medical care. They have found was to circumvent these laws in many sates . a favorite work around is to limit yearly benefits but not life times.
Unfortunately if and when someone really gets to he bottom of this whale sh*t system- they will find our government is involved. our government is some form is backing and helping these insurance companies and pharmacy companies. So if we "go after " the pharmaceutical companies for gouging us or for the insurance companies for denying care, etc, - some embarrassing things will probably come to the surface.
This system's broken- i personally do not believe it can be fixed. Too many people have their hands in the cookie jar. doctors have become accustomed to a very nice life style, and medical schools are very expensive. Docs expect some return for all that education and money spent. I think they should be paid fairly too, However, system must be in place for those who are need to provide basic health care. No infant ( or adult) should have to go deaf due to repeated ear infections due to the fact that even if they took the infant to the ER- they still have to buy the medicine.
One thing that will happen if they extend Medicare or Medicaid to cover the uninsured- you will find that our government will stop paying the doctors. It is happening now. Medicaid and Medicare docs are often terrorized by a system that is really set up to just deny payment and burden them with excessive paperwork. More and more in this area doc's just do not accept Medicare patients, and Medicaid doctors can really be hard to find.
I too agree that at some point your quality life becomes and issue, but I do not want anyone else making that decision for me except my family ( or me provided I am able ) I believe all life has value in God's eyes. Granny is not the family pet that you put to sleep when she becomes old. I never considered my parents a burden and do not begrudge them anytime I gave them ( so I could be out living my life) They gave me plenty of time as a child.
This assumes that somehow these undocumented workers are somehow magically a loss to America. The opposite is true. Of course, it's nice work if you can get it, getting people to come contribute to your society but giving them no benefits of said socie
a lot of illegals work off the books and don't pay any taxes but are using the resources. I have no problem with anyone being here legally and working on the books and paying taxes like the rest of us.
