I agree that is a major problem, but in a free and open society what is the answer?
In reality we should be providing for ourselves, same as our retirement. Or at least we should be pushing it down to state and local level where we can have tighter control over spending and regulations. Also, we need to protect patient rights in ways that the president has of late undone. Legislation like HIPPA, extending the requirements for doctors to report to government. These kinds of policies will have the negative effect of causing individuals to not seek treatment out of fear of a potential government response or something. We're already seeing it within the veteran community and within the VA. I know you've all heard me rant on that enough, but it's becomming a serious problem. Not just guns, but things like custody and divorce hearings, denying one the right to purchase private property, denying access to personal funds. It's totally immoral. It should be illegal, and I feel it is unconstitutional. My records have been used to threaten me with criminal action, last Thursday, by an ATF agent. He did it in order to stop me from making a protest at a large pro 2nd Amendment rally. They went so far as to threaten me with prosecution for unrelated crimes, because they knew I wanted to be arrested under Brady, and could have won. I haven't even reacted yet. Haven't really talked about it, or even processed it fully yet. I got really drunk and slept through the rally, because I felt, feel, like a coward. There are so many problems in this country and many of them are based around culture and education and civic and personal responsibility. As far as I'm concerned we need to stop putting band aids on individual symptoms and start treating the disease. I've been thinking about this a lot. I think I could support several new constitutional amendments. Start with education. I think that we should make bachelors level education available to every citizen. I think this makes sense with in a national security framework, and with in an economic one. The most prosperous period in our history was started by the original post WW2 GI Bill. Term limits and campaign finance reform need to be pushed hard. True socialized health care at a federal level? I don't see it. Government red tape doesn't stream line anything or make it cheaper ever. There's a lot more, but I won't muddy up the thread too much. On Feb 14, 2013 1:07 PM, "Scott Stroz" <[email protected]> wrote: > > The problem is most health insurance companies do not answer to those for > whom they provide coverage, nor for any company with whom there is a > 'group' plan. No, most health insurance companies answer to their > shareholders. > > And shareholders typically demand a profit. > > That right these is the problem. Healthcare decisions in insurance > companies are not based on what is best for the patient, rather, what is > best for the shareholders, and rarely, if ever, will they both benefit at > the same time. > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:53 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Your last email before this was robably most correct. I'm sure some > > companies, maybe even many, ae using it as an excuse to raise rates above > > what the new regulations would require. > > > > However, ther is no possible way you can deny that betwenn raisnig the > age > > of a "child" to 26 and adding the assitional required coverages and time > > off required under these kinds of policies will cost them more money. > > On Feb 14, 2013 12:47 PM, "Scott Stroz" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Really? How so? > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:40 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Your gut would be wrong. > > > > On Feb 14, 2013 12:37 PM, "Scott Stroz" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There were very little changes with our plan this year. Cost went > up > > a > > > > bit, > > > > > but not much. > > > > > > > > > > As far as coverage, the only big thing that changed was that we no > > > longer > > > > > need referrals to see a specialist. > > > > > > > > > > My gut tells me a lot of these companies are cutting coverage or > > > raising > > > > > premiums solely because they can do it and blame the ACA. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 10:59 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My private plan was gutted this year. > > > > > > > > > > > > At this point I have little good to say about the Affordable Care > > > Act. > > > > > I've > > > > > > been told to be patient.....i'll try....i hope i'm not broke by > the > > > > time > > > > > > this mumbo jumbo starts paying dividends, if it ever does. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Sam <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Haha, nice accounting trick. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Once that law was signed many insurance companies raised rates > > all > > > > > > > around to cover the cost of insuring kids to 26. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Larry C. Lyons < > > > > > [email protected]> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This was before the ACA comes into effect. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361143 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
