Hillary Clinton
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I really agree with Hillary’s stance on health care. Just check out her health care opinions here. I hope people will read this and comment on the following questions:
- Have you ever known anybody that Dr.’s have turned away because they had no insuranc or insurance that would cover a medically necessary need?
- Do you have insurance and is it too costly for you? How much do youpay and what does it get you?
- Can you simply not afford insurance.
These are just a few simple questions that I am hoping will start up some conversation.
My answers are:
- Health care in America is too expensive and insurance companies take advantage of you.
- Most small businessed can’t afford to give their employees decent health care options.
- Insurance companies base care on cost not with the individual patients needs.,
- I barely afford insurance for my family and it seems like every time my son gets sick that the company covers half of what they say and always have additional charges.
Comment by 72Dawg on 23 February 2008:
I totally concur. I have a small business, and I would love to provide health insurance, but it would cost more than the business make could make to cover it. There is something just wrong about that. From my own “investments” since I won’t have any other retirement, I read that the insurance companies are making record profits and the CEO are making multi-millions of dollars annually, plus more. It’s just wrong.
Comment by APPALACHIAN-AMERICAN on 24 February 2008:
Woodland Hills based Health-Net, a one time non-profit and now a for profit health insurance company, must pay $9 million to a 54-year old breast cancer patient whose policy it cancelled in the middle of expensive chemotherapy. Health Net scrapped its controversial practice of dropping sick policyholders right after the ruling was announced Friday Woodland Hills-based Health Net faces three more policy cancelation lawsuits in California. Blue Cross and Blue Shield have also stirred up controversy with similar practices.
Comment by anxious08 on 24 February 2008:
I am so glad to finally here that someone else agrees with Hillary. She is the nominee for change. I believe her. I cannot believe Obama - there is just something about him and how people are drawn to him. What does the Bible say about that?? We have good health care - we are very lucky. I have several friends that own their own business. They try not to go to the doctor because they do not want to have many claims in the fear they will be dropped. They have to take their kids. They are quite successful too. If everyone is not covered WHO will pay for their bills - the rest of us. Thank you for agreeing with her.
Comment by snotty on 24 February 2008:
The LA CIY ATTORNEY has sued HEALTHNET for cancelling 1,600 others -this company has been largely doctor owned and run. It looks like the almighty dollar if more important to these hypocrites than their oath. So much for ethics and morality in the medical community.
Comment by Michael on 28 February 2008:
I was treated for cancer last year. Radiation, Chemo and surgery. I am a retired police officer and have the same insurance I had while employed with the city. My medical bills were astronomical. I only paid $3,000. Believe me I am grateful to have the insurance and pay plenty for it.
My biggest gripe is with the government backed programs that bog down the system here. Tri-Care is one that is notoriously burdensome with paperwork and slow pay. Military families on Tri-Care can’t get care in the local Army hospital and are forced to use the civilian facilities. It took me three weeks to get an appointment with my primary care physician. Military health care is an example of government controlled health care and it isn’t working!
Thousands of people come here from Canada and England to get care because of the poor government controlled care in thier countries. Prostrate cancer is far more deadly in England than here as a result.
Hillary has publically stated that she would FORCE everyone to pay for health insurance. She said she would even garnishe wages if she had to. This was in an interview with George Stephanopolous. Why isn’t that being covered in the media?
Comment by Adrian on 28 February 2008:
That is a good question Michael. Two of my friends said that exact thing about that interview. She isn’t for the people like she says she is and neither is Obama. It infuriates me that we have to struggle to get health care, with insurance and without, in this country when we are suppose to be the richest country in America.
Comment by Kimie on 28 February 2008:
It is true that health insurance is expensive for a business to carry for employees. If I had health insurance, and I don’t, I wouldn’t mind paying for a portion of it out of my check. Isn’t there some way our government could come up with where the employer and employee wouldn’t have to pay so much? Come on Hillary, Obama, McCain, Huckabee, come up with at least a few options!
Comment by Michael on 28 February 2008:
Why hasn’t anyone reported on why medical costs are so high? Is it the cost of drugs? A hospital here just did a massive expansion and that must have cost a fortune. I’d like to see a break down of where the money goes. I know that some of the charges during my cancer treatment seemed excessive. They were paid for by the insurance and I wonder if the fact that insurance, including medicare and medicade, is picking up a lot of the bills is what is driving costs up? The suppliers, doctors, clinics and hospitals know that these entities pay so its like a sure thing…just charge as much as you can and get paid. I’m just wondering out loud here, not making any accusations.
Comment by Puzzled on 28 February 2008:
Dr. Paul Elwood coined the title HMO based on an oriental idea that patients pay for health and nothing when ill. The ideas was prostituted by greedy health insurance companies wth doctors as shareholders with gutter ethics and less morality.
Forty-two percent of health insurance costs are skimmed to profits of insruance and drug companies AFTER all research costs are accounted.
Doctors and hospitsls have killed the goose that laid the golden egg. Socialized health care will wreck a good, if expensive system.
As ciommedian P. J. O’Rouke says, “If you think healthcare is expensive now; wait until its free.”