Insurance

[Guest guest]

I know things are not as we would want. But I do know that in America, if I

don't like that CU Hospital didn't understand PA, I have the freedom to go

elsewhere. I am still a customer with relatively free choice. In a

nationalized system, management will be not much different than an HMO.

Think about the post office. Service there was horrible until they got some

competition from UPS and others. Without competition, quality suffers.

We have public employee insurance provided through BCBS. The premiums have

not gone up but the deductible has - $1000 more this year than three years

ago. My max out of pocket is now $12,000. The problem is that every piddly

amount adding up to that has to be run through insurance. If I paid the

bills and then turned them in, I would have to pay 20 - 30% more than I do

after the insurance company gets done chopping the bill down. The handling

of all those little bills is extremely expensive. The providers have to

charge in excess in order to cover costs after the ins company gets done.

Yeah, it is tough for those who had contracts that were broken without

recourse, like GM.

Val

From: hyperaldosteronism

[mailto:hyperaldosteronism ] On Behalf Of jwwright

Well I did plan and save for old age - makes no difference - the gov't

changes everything to suit. Like the interest on gov't bonds.

But health care is something that even major companies dropped or want to

drop for competitive reasons. Ask GM.

Even if you had a good plan and worked there a long time, they drop the plan

after retirement and then settle in/out of court. The plans cannot cover

costs rising at the rate they have risen.

I think the constitution did have in mind providing for the general welfare,

but what does that mean?

It will be interesting to see if SS, Medicare survive the current economic

crises.

All the more reason we need to develop our own medical knowledge and

planning.

Bad enough HTN, but PA doesn't seem to be in the forefront of medical

practice.

You want to measure Renin? What's that?

Regards