Comments on: Understanding Obamacare

By: DKMacLeod

DKMacLeod — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:49:28 +0000

When is the section “Women cannot be charged a higher premium for their health insurance coverage” in effect. I have a small business and my carrier charges my female employees a higher premium than males

By: Mark Prasack

Mark Prasack — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 04:15:52 +0000

I dont understand this I need to study more, politically i cant say im democrat or republican. Im 25 years old and have a bachelors in accounting, I cant find permanent work, b/c i did not do an internship and my grades were average. So i am working for a business which pays under the table, so in may when i turn 26, no more health care for me. A couple of questions to those that can help me…
–Where (website or book) can i find in depth information on how medical care works in america and abroad
–To those who worked in hospitals–When someone needs a lot of treatment for something expensive, say a car accident, or something, but they do not have insurance, then the hospital treats that person..who foots the bill? the taxpayer, hospital, government???
–If this bill goes through, how much for obamas health care? How much will it cost per month? (I make about 25,000 bux per year)
Thanks for your help, and GOD BLESS AMERICA

By: sandsgrandmother

sandsgrandmother — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:29:19 +0000

There is a certain sectors of individuals that will not be paying one dime for their care. Just to mention one , Certain Union memebers with good paying jobs will not be paying.

Sorry, this is not the answer making people pay for others insurance.

Nothing was fixed. I am long retired from a hospital and for example it was nothing to see 400% and not 100% mind you, but 400% in price increase from what the hospital paid from the manufactures. Then the 400% passed on to the patient. This is just one example.
When you start digging into what the insurance companies are making, what the hospitals are making…not one thing was fixed for the patient/customer.

If you made hospital advertise what each item /procedure/hospital room and etc. costs so that patients / clients can shop around then you will see a drop in costs.
If instead you see insurance carriers from around the world being able to be accepted by the hospitals then you will see lower costs associated with insurance.

You still have not got away with what basically amounts to death panels.

If individuals truly studied the health care system in Canada, and around the world then you would find that the quality of care will be going down.
My husband works with what they all called themselves , the little U.N. because employees came from all around the world to be trained and/or hired in the U.S. and they all said without a doubt we will regret this move.

By: The O

The O — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 23:57:35 +0000

so it means that as soon as a baby is born the government already wants its share of that baby’s life. this is the downfall of america…

By: Shirley

Shirley — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:18:18 +0000

Senior citizens ALWAYS suffer. Recently I was at the hospital and was shocked to learn that there are now new regulations from Medicare, due to all the cuts (all the money taken from Medicare to pay for OTHER bills). I have had cancer and have several side effects, when I went to the hospital for treatment, I had to sign a paper that, even though I needed to be admitted to the hospital, I had to sign a paper stating that I was only being admitted “FOR OBSERVATION” not as an IN PATIENT. Stating it this way, I would be more liable for a greater percentage of the hospitable bill. The paper stated that I would receive the same treatment as a regular patient, however, over four (4) days (and they never did diagnose my problem, they referred me to JohnsHopkins Hospital in Baltimore, yet they would not change my status to In Patient) they never changed my bed, and never bathed me. I just can’t wait to get that hospital bill. I’m still paying the bills from last year for all the cancer treatments.