Daniel, I think you have a misunderstanding about the healthcare
bill. Congress is not exempt and nothing is different for them just
as nothing is different for a lot of people who are currently covered
under employer coverage. Unless that coverage has lifetime limits or
limits for pre-existing conditions--nothing will change. We aren't
going to a national healthcare system--we are all still going to be in
the same system we are in right now. Congress does have good coverage
so it's not likely that it had limits or lacked coverage for pre-
existing conditions. The quality of care doesn't come from the
healthcare bill--it comes from the same healthcare system we have had
for a long time--it comes from our healthcare providers. There are
some things in the bill that are going to attempt to get some of the
incentives changed for healthcare providers--they should get paid more
to keep people well rather than making a lot only on ill people.
I personally am looking forward to having the donut hole made smaller--
any of you who are going to be on Medicare someday and have cml will
likely benefit from the healthcare law changes.
Dorothy
On Feb 3, 2011, at 10:50 AM, Daniel Brown wrote:
Victoria, I think you missed my point. You wrote, "Our
representatives in Congress receive health-care coverage that every
other citizen in the country would love to have", and you are
absolutely right, "every citizen in the country would love to have
it"!
My question was, if the new healthcare bill is so great, why are our
elected representatives in the house and senate exempted from having
to be on it. Why do they get to stay on their own special health
insurance. I would think that it would be the moral and ethical
thing for them to say, "that we are so confident in the quality of
care in this new healthcare bill, that we will go on it just like
everyone else in the country"!
Wouldn't that have been proof that they really believe this
healthcare bill is a good thing? Plus, there is a moral and ethical
responsibility to do so, wouldn't you think? I mean, how moral is it
to do something to everyone else that your not willing to do to
yourself?
On Feb 3, 2011, at 8:43 AM, Victoria Reiter wrote:
Our representatives in Congress receive health-care coverage that
every other citizen in the country would love to have
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