On a related note, should insurance executives be held criminaly liable for implementing policies which result in thousands of preventable deaths every year?
Do you consider health care a basic human right?
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dr.steveb said:
It would be great if all us folks for REAL universal health care could get our votes together.
I suggestrevising this to specificy or reference in context of support for John Conyers HR-676 (since that is the real universal health plan that also happens to be the plan in the House with the most co-sponsors), and combine votes with other lower-voted similar please for real universal health care.
Representative John Conyers is the lead sponsor for the only real universal health plan that provides coverage that is truly universal, comprhensive, affordable to inidviduals and families and controls overall costs.
http://www.house.gov/conyers/news_hr676.shtml
That plan also has more co-sponsors then any other plan in the House.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR00676:@@@P
Please make sure that it is an active part of the discussion as we move forward to real health care reform.
There are many proposals for “reform” of the U.S. health care system out there. For the newcomer it can be very confusing. Here are the four simple questions to ask of any health care proposal.
1. Is it Universal? Does it cover all people? This would seem to be pretty basic, insofar as all other developed countries do it. But just being, or claiming to have, universal coverage is not enough. It is a common error to claim universality and then let it go at that. When thinking about a so-called health care reform proposal you must also explore how the proposal deals with items 2, 3 & 4:
2. Is it Comprehensive? Does it cover all needed conditions, prevention, treatment? What care is included under the proposal? What care is not covered?
3. How much is it going to Cost Individuals? Is it affordable year-in and year-out. How much does it cost you and your family if you are not sick? Can you afford to get sick. What is the total cost of the system to you and your family including taxes, premiums, deductibles, copays, uncovered conditions/expenses, coverage refusals. What is your total out of pocket costs? If you get sick are you going to go bankrupt?
4. How much is it going to Cost Overall? What is the cost to the system, to the country, for example as a percent of GNP? How does it control costs. How is it paid for, and who is paying, all the pieces, direct and indirect?
Too many folks fall for the trap of hearing “reform” or even “universal” and don’t realize that it is not really Universal Coverage, IF that Coverage is really “coverage” because it leaves you with too much legitimate care not actually covered, leaves you and your family with bankruptingly high out of pocket expenses when somebody
2 years ago
jock said:
Universal Heath care will fail and the cost will be higher if Insurance Companies are not brought under control too. When I got sick, I had more problems with the Insurance companies than anything else. When an Insurance company denies a procedure it does so with out examining the patient, getting the information about the reasons for the procedure. The insurance business needs to be held accountable for their actions and to be sued for their lack of the patients care especially when a procedure is required by a physician.
2 years ago
bojo1235 said:
If it is a basic human right, who gave you that right?
2 years ago