[Vision2020] Health care {insurance} reform passed

[Craine Kit]

We will pay, just as we always have. But now we might get something  
back from the pockets of the insurance companies.

Kit Craine


On Mar 22, 2010, at 6:19 AM, Garrett Clevenger <garrettmc at verizon.net>  
wrote:

> Kit writes:
>
> "Those of us who have paid through the nose for other's medical  
> bills may now get something for ourselves."
>
>
>
> Who do you think will subsidize health care for high risk people  
> insurance companies are now obligated to provide service to?
>
> Who's going to pay for health care of people who have unhealthy  
> lifestyles and presumably higher health care costs?
>
> Who's going to pay for the ad campaigns insurance companies are sure  
> to launch in an attempt to lure suckers, er, subscribers, into their  
> ponzi scheme?  Instead of going to treat patients, health dollars  
> now will be going to ads.
>
> Let's not forget the $250 giveaway seniors will be getting next year  
> as part of this plan. Who's paying for that?
>
> Not insignificantly, $500 billion of planned payments the feds make  
> for medicare payments will be cut.  With that, insurance companies  
> are losing a $200 billion subsidy they get for providing a private  
> alternative to medicare. Who's paying for that shortfall?
>
> The feds created another ponzi while shuffling the cards.  Like all  
> ponzi's, they are not sustainable. 20 years from now they're gonna  
> wonder how they're gonna finance another entitlement program.
>
> Only this time, we're obligated to private companies. Talk about  
> taxation without representation!
>
> Why are costs escalating?
>
> Health care is expensive, especially towards the later years of a  
> person's life.  That's not going to change under this plan.
>
> Insurance company overhead is also expensive and will probably still  
> continue to be so.
>
> The only reason costs would go down for an individual is if they get  
> subsidized insurance.
>
> Somebody has to pay for that and more than likely it'll be future  
> generations who once again are being indebted by people who don't  
> want to pay the true cost of their individual care.
>
> While it would be nice to think that somehow health care costs will  
> stabilize or decrease and that other people should pay for your  
> care, that's unrealistic and selfish.
>
> But perhaps I'm missing something.  Maybe they created a magic bag  
> of money that is never ending, maybe CEO's will take a big pay cut,  
> maybe high-tech medicine will now be cheap, maybe care costs for old  
> people will drop.
>
> Probably, though, everyone's premiums will continue to rise while  
> the insurance coverage you get will continue to fall.  There is only  
> so much to go around, after all.
>
> And now that we're mandated to buy insurance from a private company,  
> we've all been sucked into the great health care ponzi.
>
> At least their intentions we're good in not the unintended  
> consequences...
>
>
>
> Garrett Clevenger
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