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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 679065" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>I'm fully in support of the public option for people.</p><p></p><p>Health care in this country is already rationed. Insurance companies make the final decision about whether a medical procedure is necessary; not the patient; not the doctor. Instead of treating patients, doctors spend hours each week negotiating with insurance companies to get approval for needed medical tests. Then they spend their time working with patients on how to pay the part of the bills that their insurance didn't pay. We pay more per person for medical care than any other country and are not at the top in life expectency, infant mortality, etc. </p><p></p><p>We should be seeing the outlines of the health care reform bill soon. It's my understanding that most people will have the OPTION to enroll in a government plan. It won't be free. A school teacher friend told me he pays $500 a month to keep his wife on his insurance. School teachers don't make big bucks here in OK so that's a big burden on them. It should help small businesses, too.</p><p></p><p>There was a study a few years ago that showed hospitals actually charged people WITHOUT insurance more than they charged people with insurance. So those folks got a double whammy.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/02/us/medical-fees-are-often-higher-for-patients-without-insurance.html" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/02/us/me ... rance.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 679065, member: 13"] I'm fully in support of the public option for people. Health care in this country is already rationed. Insurance companies make the final decision about whether a medical procedure is necessary; not the patient; not the doctor. Instead of treating patients, doctors spend hours each week negotiating with insurance companies to get approval for needed medical tests. Then they spend their time working with patients on how to pay the part of the bills that their insurance didn't pay. We pay more per person for medical care than any other country and are not at the top in life expectency, infant mortality, etc. We should be seeing the outlines of the health care reform bill soon. It's my understanding that most people will have the OPTION to enroll in a government plan. It won't be free. A school teacher friend told me he pays $500 a month to keep his wife on his insurance. School teachers don't make big bucks here in OK so that's a big burden on them. It should help small businesses, too. There was a study a few years ago that showed hospitals actually charged people WITHOUT insurance more than they charged people with insurance. So those folks got a double whammy. [url=http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/02/us/medical-fees-are-often-higher-for-patients-without-insurance.html]http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/02/us/me ... rance.html[/url] [/QUOTE]
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