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Last week, Amanda Marcotte, political blogger and author of "It's a Jungle Out There" wrote about her frustrations with those who throw around the word "socialism" to describe Obama's health-care plan.A couple of commenters chimed in with their approval, thanking Amanda for "saying what needs to be said." Her post sparked a debate about whether the new health-care reforms will successfully achieve the intended goal: quality, affordable health care accessible to all Americans.
Some insisted on the need for an improved system. John said, "Our overpriced and inadequate 'health insurance' is so riddled with co-pays, deductibles, and obscurely worded clauses designed trip the customer up so that we can't afford it." He compared this to the Canadian plan, under which "I received excellent care in a timely manner (including three surgeries) and I never, ever saw a bill."
Others aren't buying into the reforms, as evidenced by Lisa from Massachusetts (the state has already put into place many health-care reforms): "We are experiencing what Obama wants for the rest of the country. Since passed, my premiums have gone up and wait time to get an appointment has also gone up. There are already programs available for people under the poverty level to get health insurance. The 45-50 million number Obama tosses out ... represents those who are eligible for subsidies but do not apply for it."
Tell us: What are your thoughts on health-care reform?
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Tuesday 28 July
By lurker
Just to chime in, people have been stating "we need health care reform" for so long that its a mantra without a message, meaning no one's explained it to me why we need it.
Plus, given some statistics, 3.3% are "without" insurance, do we really need to blow up the system? In other words, if 96.7% of the country has medical insurance, what is wrong with that?
And its not like hospitals right now turn you away if you have no insurance. they treat you; you just have a bill to pay.
I am from MA (now in NYC) and saw wait times go up and quality go down. Many doctors and lawyers have proposed alternatives: tort reform (i.e. no fault, workman's comp insurance for medical suits), tax write offs for drs. and hospitals who do charity work (for the uninsured), and HSA accounts.
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Wednesday 29 July
By Cinder
It has been confirmed that there are over 46 MILLION people in this country that are uninsured. People say that there are government programs for these people, and for some this is true. But if you are over the poverty line even by $1, Medicaid WILL NOT help you. And on top of that, we trust our healthcare to greedy insurance companies that get paid to decline us. The insurance companies are incompetent as is the government, but at least one of them isn't paid to deny us medical procedures that are necessary and needed.
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