[Vision2020] Say What?

[Joe Campbell]

It does matter. It matters to those in the US who are not insured very much.

We both care about healthcare for the poor. The difference is that you want to create some Utopian system first and then do something about it. I'd rather do the best we can with the flawed system that we have. Not because I like the flawed system but because I'm a realist, not an idealist.



On Jan 11, 2012, at 3:06 AM, Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Keely,
>  
> The problem is that insurance companies are about making as big of a return for stock holders as possible, not getting people well. Inviting greedy corporate lawyers and stockbrokers into the health care system is like letting a pack of hungry wolves loose in the operating room. The two just don't go together in an combination that results in a good outcome.
>  
> US health care policy today is about maximizing return of investment not maximizing the health of people. Until that goal changes, it doesn't matter how you mix and match insurance, profit, and care.
>  
> Donovan Arnold
> 
> From: "Gier, Nicholas" <NGIER at uidaho.edu>
> To: keely emerinemix <kjajmix1 at msn.com>; donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com; thansen at moscow.com; vision2020 at moscow.com 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 4:58 PM
> Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Say What?
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> Nice insights, Keeley.  One more reason to should be a Town Crier.
> 
> Nick
> 
> A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
> 
> -Greek proverb
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com on behalf of keely emerinemix
> Sent: Tue 1/10/2012 2:05 PM
> To: donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com; Contact - thansen at moscow.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Say What?
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> 
> One problem with "firing" your health insurer is that, until Obamacare, any gap between that entity's coverage and the replacement coverage you find  can automatically result in either your non-acceptance or your having to pay a higher premium for having come to the new company from "uninsured" status.  And if  you can find something you can afford among those companies that will accept you, you might find yourself delaying treatment for the initial medical problem because of an inability to afford the premiums or the deductibles and other out-of-pocket expenses. 
> 
> If I don't like my local Conoco station, I can easily "fire" them and go to Cenex.  But only someone blissfully out of touch or callously unaffected would presume that "firing" one's health insurer is even possible at times, much less a simple case of "voting with your wallet."
> 
> Keely
> www.keely-prevailingwinds.com
> 
> 
> Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 20:31:02 -0800
> From: donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Say What?
> To: kjajmix1 at msn.com; thansen at moscow.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
> 
> Bad choice of words for Romney. I think what he meant was the he liked having the authority to decide who provides him services for health care. I have to agree, that it would be horrible not be able to have the power to dismiss a service provider that you don't like. Any football fan that has had Time Warner or Dish Network as a television provider would have to agree. Donovan Arnold
>        From: keely emerinemix <kjajmix1 at msn.com>
>  To: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>; vision2020 at moscow.com
>  Sent: Monday, January 9, 2012 8:36 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Say What?
>  
> 
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> Besides the cringeworthiness of Romney's words is the reality that "firing" one's health insurance company virtually guarantees great difficulty in finding another . . .
> 
> Keely
> www.keely-prevailingwinds.com
> 
> 
> > From: thansen at moscow.com
> > Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 18:58:26 -0800
> > To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> > Subject: [Vision2020] Say What?
> >
> > "I want individuals to have their own insurance. That means the insurance company will have an incentive to keep you healthy. It also means if you don't like what they do, you can fire them.  I like being able to fire people that provide services to me."
> >
> > - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (January 9,
>  2012)
> >
> > Video courtesy of the Associated Press.
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBfWB64iHAs
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> > This video is going to get lots of mileage over the next few weeks.
> >
> > Seeya later, Moscow.
> >
> > Tom Hansen
> > Spokane, Washington
> >
> > "If not us, who?
> > If not now, when?"
> >
> > - Unknown
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