tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176631125790653885.post829967604067789262..comments2011-05-31T13:10:55.580-05:00Comments on Thinking Allowed: Health Coverage CrisisCatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18444301306828275052noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176631125790653885.post-82499032054806940722009-11-05T07:45:40.185-06:002009-11-05T07:45:40.185-06:00From what I understand, even those with adequate c...From what I understand, even those with adequate coverage still encounter huge expenses when serious illness/injury hit. <br /><br />This isn't covered, do you want it? What an awful question when someone lay suffering.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11062420698170526607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176631125790653885.post-76192837044074212009-11-02T17:48:51.003-06:002009-11-02T17:48:51.003-06:00I am glad you wrote of this example in your blog. ...I am glad you wrote of this example in your blog. I think there is a detachment for many individuals who have never experienced a health care dilemma like your described. They seldom have to ask any significant billing question at the doctor's office. But I also think that they forget that their salary pays for this coverage -- most employers take it out before you get a check and you don't have to think about it much maybe. Fortunate individuals.<br /><br />Many with lesser employer benefits, older people with less coverage and those without jobs would probably think about health costs every day of their lives though. How can we argue that health care reform isn't needed? And if it isn't enacted now, when should it be? I haven't heard those who seem to be against the current reform answer the above questions.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935294710108590169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176631125790653885.post-7378718593844718102009-10-19T09:41:13.330-05:002009-10-19T09:41:13.330-05:00I simply can't see a way through the complex l...I simply can't see a way through the complex layers of government, drug companies and insurance companies. The individual doesn't have a hope.<br /><br />Being uninsured feels awful to my Canadian sensibilities - I don't know how families make it seem "okay".Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11062420698170526607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1176631125790653885.post-17085380453703618682009-10-16T12:49:17.730-05:002009-10-16T12:49:17.730-05:00And for many of us, the list of restrictions gets ...And for many of us, the list of restrictions gets longer every year, while the premiums we pay get higher each year at an astronomically rate. Mine will go up about 70% (I know you know since you are looking at the same booklet I am). In order to maintain current premium levels I pay bi-weekly, I will have to accept less coverage and more out-of-pocket up front. As a single person with no responsiblities for anyone but myself, I can squeeze out the increase for next year. But, I truely feel for those who have families and are already struggling to keep from drowning. For these people, this is a nightmare. And for some, they will make the scary choice of going without any insurance because they have to buy food, pay rent, buy clothes for kids who outgrow their closet on a regular basis. But, we all should have known this was going to happen. The health insurance industry has been threatning ever since the national political dicussion started. And, before anything has yet been passed in Congress - and it may all fall apart in the end - these blood sucking enterprises have thrown out the daggers. It is amazing to me how many people believe the "rationed care argument" if were to have a single payer, central healthcare system. At the rate we are going now, next year, the government will be reporting 60 million people in the country have no or little insurance.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08448186478921222896noreply@blogger.com