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Originally Posted by Guest
Everybody knows that if you tell the hospital that you wish to pay in cash, they will give you a better deal than if they bill the insurance. And most of your billing to your insurance is based on how much Medicare says that service is worth.
And I do not buy the idea that everyone should be mandated by law to pay for something that they do not need. With car insurance, it is different. You do not have to drive, and if you do then you are required to insure your vehicle. It is unconstitutional for the gov to mandate that you pay for insurance so they get by that by making you pay a penalty if you refuse. The wealthy do not wish to pay for insurance that they will not use. They want five star service and will pay for it. Insurance will not pay for such service, so the wealthy are being made to pay either for insurance or a penalty. And there are still millions of people that can't even afford insurance and can't get medicaid. So, Obamacare was rushed/pushed through without any input from the other side and now we have a disaster that hasn't even hit us the hardest yet. Wait until next year, when it really hits us.
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Well with your kind of logic, I as a single person with no children, should not have to pay school taxes. Of course that is foolish thinking. We live in a democracy and we pay for things that improve the common good. The voters elected President Obama on his mandate to provide healthcare for the country. Of course the Republicans fought it every step of the way and we ended up with a compromise.
Evaluation grades for the affordable healthcare act have been improving each year it has been in existence. There are many more people insured now then there were in 2008 There are many new benefits included now that people did not have before such as elimination of pre-existing conditions, payments for prevention and screening and coverage for patients participating in clinical trials. This is all very good. And overall health care cost increases have slowed. But Obama care is expensive Depending on subsidies and employers premiums and deductibles. It is no surprise, we know there is no free lunch. But the bottom line is there has been notable progress in healthcare for some people, Although not everyone. That's the way democracies work - the common good.