Thread: The Great Health Care Debate

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Originally Posted by OBGibby

You should read the entire article about President Obama's former doctor. Notwithstanding the somewhat misleading title of the article, the doctor seems to be criticizing the President's health care plans as not going far enough.

Ain't got time to waste!

Originally Posted by eccougar

1.6 Trillion would only cover about 1/3 of uninsured, CBO.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...804109_pf.html

Health care is cost excessive/prohibitive. Lets bring the cost down to reason.

Originally Posted by Spaf

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Health care is cost excessive/prohibitive. Lets bring the cost down to reason.

That's where they need to start, lower costs and TORT reform! Costs are really out of hand, when it costs someone more than $500,000 for cancer treatment or $150,000 for a back surgery, let's not even talk about a HEART TRANSPLANT!!

Originally Posted by Spaf

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Ain't got time to waste!



Health care is cost excessive/prohibitive. Lets bring the cost down to reason.

Originally Posted by nnuut

That's where they need to start, lower costs and TORT reform! Costs are really out of hand, when it costs someone more than $500,000 for cancer treatment or $150,000 for a back surgery, let's not even talk about a HEART TRANSPLANT!!

I totally agree. I take six maintenance meds. One of them, just as an example, costs $3 a capsule and I take it 3 times a day. I get MRIs a couple of times a year and each time my bills before insurance payments are about $5,000 each. My sister-in-law takes a medication that has a $2,000 co-pay.

I know it's expensive to develop and bring medications to market. I know that an MRI machine is expensive. I know that there aren't any easy answers. But I also know that if we don't get health care costs under control we're going to break the government programs that deal with our health. And if you think we've got fiscal problems now, just wait until that happens.

Lady

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Tried to do a cut & paste but Vista is saving me from myself again.

Lady

Originally Posted by XL-entLady

I totally agree. I take six maintenance meds. One of them, just as an example, costs $3 a capsule and I take it 3 times a day. I get MRIs a couple of times a year and each time my bills before insurance payments are about $5,000 each. My sister-in-law takes a medication that has a $2,000 co-pay.

I know it's expensive to develop and bring medications to market. I know that an MRI machine is expensive. I know that there aren't any easy answers. But I also know that if we don't get health care costs under control we're going to break the government programs that deal with our health. And if you think we've got fiscal problems now, just wait until that happens.

Lady

Finally, one of the most serious problems.

Oh yess! I have health insurance too, but can't afford some critical prescriptions becouse of the cost, even with a co-pay, one pill a day cost $30.00 and thats only one of about 8 prescriptions. Now go figure, thats more than my retirement, well I could cash in the TSP. But, the prescriptions give no guarantees.

You know some of the medication information on the internet is not quite the whole truth.

The same is with physicians!

So, in my world good health care is prohibitive.

Thanks Lady, now we are getting to the issues of reality and not a bunch of yak (BS) by the rich.

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News!

Obama to announce agreement with drug companies

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Obama will make a formal announcement Monday welcoming the weekend agreement by the pharmaceutical industry to help close a gap in prescription drug coverage under Medicare.

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Originally Posted by FireWeatherMet

Nice to see that you prefer "Gov't health Care" over your spouses plan provided by the private sector.:toung:

Maybe now you should stop bashing "Gov't Health Care" now that, given the choice between private vs public, you ran to Uncle Sam.

I feel cheated having a leech like you sucking tax dollars, while complaining about being taxed. Maybe you should go get a law enforcement job in the private sector.

Go work Mall Security.

Stop FWM, if you are in TSP at all,you access government dollars. You insult those who you also represent. Please refrain from this type of lashing out at individuals.

Mod's please review my report!

FireWeatherMet has been asked to take a ChillPill and to read the MB rules again. That might not be a bad idea for everyone to do:

http://www.tsptalk.com/mb/showpost.p...57&postcount=1

Lady

Thank you, ma'am!

Maybe you could also suggest moving from the Cabernet down to a Sauvignon Blanc or a Riesling... might take some of the venom out.