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Mastara  4 stars
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(you can require hospitals to help people, just pay them instantly with fed funds, and then put it back on the patient as a tax lien).


^^ wow

 

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Ashmaele  4 stars
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Elkad posted:

Scarne posted:

Elkad posted:

Or we could just return the medical system to something resembling a free market.


No such thing ever existed.



Resembling? Sure it has.

Remove the bans on re-importing devices and medicines.
Require identical fees regardless of payment method.
Get rid of EMTLA in it's current form. (you can require hospitals to help people, just pay them instantly with fed funds, and then put it back on the patient as a tax lien).
Let pharmacists prescribe non-narcotics again.
Require published price lists for procedures.



lol free market!

 

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Voodoo-Dahl  2 stars
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In less than two years the program will be unnecessary. What options did high risk uninsured have before Healthcare Reform?


WaPo posted:

The PCIP program will phase out in 2014, when insurers will be required to accept all applicants regardless of their health-care status.
Elocism  3 stars
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so higher costs for everyone?

super

 

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Aerlinthian  4 stars
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theredkay1  3 stars
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Is this dramatically higher total cost as well as dramatically higher average cost? The article doesnt say. That seems important.
Szerek  2 stars
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What we need is a single payer system like every other 1st world country. Is it really that hard to look at all the other systems and take what works for each and remove what doesn't work for each?

 

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DemonicXH  3 stars
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Elocism posted:

so higher costs for everyone?

super



Health insurance premiums have been on the rise for the past few years since Obamacare was introduced.
Ashmaele  4 stars
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Szerek posted:

What we need is a single payer system like every other 1st world country. Is it really that hard to look at all the other systems and take what works for each and remove what doesn't work for each?

When the Reps screw up again there will be a new wave of Dems elected and we'll get it. Eventually.

 

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Eager_Igraine  4 stars
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DemonicXH posted:

Elocism posted:

so higher costs for everyone?


super



Health insurance premiums have been on the rise for the past few years since Obamacare was introduced.



Our health insurance premiums went up 150% under Bush and 10% under Obama.


just sayin'

 

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