tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post2069362379010622933..comments2023-10-24T04:43:53.179-04:00Comments on KGMom Musings: The Mess We're In (Part II)KGMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-1429473391683612592013-12-31T19:08:03.789-05:002013-12-31T19:08:03.789-05:00HAPPY NEW YEAR ... I hope we hear from you in 2014...HAPPY NEW YEAR ... I hope we hear from you in 2014Ginniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12749133391349265563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-15911085708827739172013-12-22T09:05:32.122-05:002013-12-22T09:05:32.122-05:00"anecdotes make poor policy" reminds me ..."anecdotes make poor policy" reminds me of the Reagan era as well. And they say time marches on. I wonder...troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-73014430776615780452013-12-19T04:07:58.546-05:002013-12-19T04:07:58.546-05:00I find Obamacare very complicated, unnecessarily s...I find Obamacare very complicated, unnecessarily so. It is a system that is designed to accommodate private insurance. It will never reach universal coverage. People will get plans that they can afford. I suspect many plan will not have any preventive medical programs which save money in the long run detecting ,treating and preventing illness before hospitalization is necessary.<br /><br />I was impress when I read dental care was covered. We now know that good dental care has a positive affect on other potential physical ailments. Here is Canada dental care was not included. It is very expensive. Those on social assistance all get free dental care which helps the poor.Tossing Pebbles in the Streamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354065895900279070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-24924906509007356262013-12-08T17:44:34.942-05:002013-12-08T17:44:34.942-05:00I have said before--and repeat here--I don't k...I have said before--and repeat here--I don't know why people are ready to trust the insurance companies and health providers, whose primary mandate is to make money, rather than a unified agency that covers the cost of medical care. The one payer system we have in Canada is under stress today (any system would be under stress, given the demographics we face), but it is miles better than the hodgepodge in the USA. Just extend Medicare to everyone! And tax everyone fairly for it. Cheaper in the long run, and far simpler and more effective than the path that has been chosen.Climenheisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01989459133238230712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-85519929445824442812013-12-08T16:18:52.202-05:002013-12-08T16:18:52.202-05:00Bless you for writing this. And I agree wholeheart...Bless you for writing this. And I agree wholeheartedly with NC mountainwoman. I live in NC too and it makes me sick to watch Gov. McCrory and his stooges take us more and more to the right of center. <br />The whole computer debacle was an unfortunate thing but it doesn't change the fact that we need this new health law. The insurance companies dropped a lot of their insured people because they realized that they would have to adhere to the rules of the new healthcare. God forbid that they would have to give the "little guy" a break for a change.Ginniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12749133391349265563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-56492037535741705012013-12-08T11:36:38.421-05:002013-12-08T11:36:38.421-05:00I frequently want to scream at those who distort t...I frequently want to scream at those who distort the truths about the ACA. In our state, like too many others, the Medicaid expansion was declined by the stodgy old white men in our General Assembly. Thus, one of the best benefits of the ACA is not available to the most needy here in NC. And our hospitals and providers are suffering because of it. Of course, the stodgy old white men are wrongfully blaming it on ACA.NCmountainwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615765649828716560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-10980523648890418832013-12-08T08:25:23.883-05:002013-12-08T08:25:23.883-05:00These posts probably deserve wide publication.These posts probably deserve wide publication.Anvilcloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974744042579564912noreply@blogger.com