The only answer seems to be getting the profit-making insurance companies out of the mix, so pick a country, pick a plan, America.
Related:
"Lawmakers also get special treatment at Washington, D.C.’s, federal medical facilities and, for a few hundred dollars a month, access to their own pharmacy and doctors, nurses, and medical technicians standing by in an office conveniently located between the House and Senate chambers. In all, taxpayers spent about $15 billion last year to insure 8.5 million federal workers and their dependents.... lawmakers can tailor coverage in a way most Americans cannot.
Yeah, I'll take on of those.
"Indeed, a question often surfaces: Why can’t everyone enjoy the same benefits as members of Congress? The answer: The country probably couldn’t afford it.... "
But they can AFFORD WARS and BANK LOOTINGS, 'eh?
"Federal employees also have a significant benefit denied the average American: There is no such thing as a preexisting condition"
And YOU are paying for it, America.
See: A Healthy Insult For the American People
Let's pile an injury on top of insult, 'eh, Gramps?
"Seniors hit by hike in Medicare costs; Premiums for private plans up about 14%" by Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press | February 20, 2010
WASHINGTON - Millions of seniors who signed up for private health plans through Medicare are facing sharp premium increases this year, another sign that spiraling costs are a problem even for those with solid insurance....
Insuring insurance company profits remain healthy.
Lee Durrwachter, a retired chemical engineer from Grand Marais, Mich., said his premiums more than doubled this year, even though he switched plans to try to save money. “It doesn’t bode well,’’ Durrwachter said. “It’s unaffordable.’’
I'm beginning to think that is the intent.
The Medicare findings are bad news for President Obama and his health care overhaul, which is bogged down in Congress. That is because the higher Medicare Advantage premiums for 2010 followed a cut in government payments to the private plans last year. And the Democratic bills pending in Congress call for even more cuts, which are expected to force many seniors to drop out of what has been a rapidly growing alternative to traditional Medicare.
Yeah, if it is SOMETHING YOU LIKE, American, government and industry will make sure they kill it for you. Just looking out for your welfare and protecting you, 'murka.
Republicans have seized on the Medicare Advantage cuts in their campaign to derail the health care bills, and seniors are listening. Polls indicate that seniors are more skeptical of the legislation than the public as a whole, even though Democrats would also reinforce original Medicare by improving preventive benefits and narrowing the prescription coverage gap.
Democrat promises are worth a pile of s*** these days.
They had four years to end the wars and we got nothing. They bailed out banks and bankrupted the country while they jetted around the world instead.
At a town hall meeting yesterday outside Las Vegas, Obama said the Medicare Advantage plans are getting a “sweet deal’’ from the government - overpayments averaging 13 percent.
How about getting a handle on that before going nationwide?
Oh, right, Medicare expansion was stripped from the bill to get Joe Lieberman on board -- and now they don't even need him!
“All we’ve been saying is, let’s make sure that there’s a competitive bidding process, and that we are getting the absolute best bargain,’’ the president said....
Pffft!
Shut up, sir!
The report on Medicare comes after a series of double-digit premium increases around the country for working households that purchase insurance coverage....
That ass must be balck-and-blue from all the kicking it has taken, American worker.
Administration officials didn’t dispute the Avalere study but sought to pin responsibility on the private insurers that participate in the program, a list that includes such industry giants as UnitedHealthcare and
Why does the U.S. government handle the in$urance indu$try with kid glove$?
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Here is ONE GUY for whom government-funded (meaning you, taxpayers) insurance is a good idea:
"Cheney, Dole admitted to hospitals" by Associated Press | February 23, 2010
WASHINGTON - Former vice president Dick Cheney, 69, entered George Washington Hospital yesterday after experiencing chest pains. He was resting comfortably and his doctors were evaluating him, said Peter Long, his assistant....
Die, Dick, die!
I'll be sure to leave something on your grave, you evil, mass-murdering, war-criminal SOB!!!
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