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Rural America and healthcare reform not about coverage
Will healthcare be any better under Govt. control, or will they forget to fix some of the major problems by focusing to much on Coverage for all So you have a medical problem and the Govt. has you coverd, Now what If you live in a rural area your problems may just be starting
First, rural health advocates say, reforms must get doctors into rural areas, then worry about insurance coverage. "We keep hearing about universal coverage. From a rural perspective, that solves nothing," said Lou Ann Wilroy, executive director of the Colorado Rural Health Center in suburban Denver. "You can have an insurance card in your wallet, and that doesn't mean you're going to have care." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/... "I have my card can't find someone to accept. it" 3 comments from 3 users
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posted by
antiextremism
on Aug 1, 2009 at 06:36 PM
Doctor shortages are already a big problem. If you already have good insurance, you don't need government insurance and they aren't going to make you have government insurance. But if you really are against any form of government insurance, make sure you don't ever apply for medicare. What I particularly like is scenarios like this. My family has excellent health insurance and my wife recently had an outpatient surgery. The bill was 26,000 dollars, but the contract from the insurance company brings it down to 14,000. Guess what an uninsured person pays....yep.....26,000. What's wrong with this picture? Seriously, the stormtroopers are not going to come to your home and demand you trade in your insurace for government insurance. It's an option, and it's an option that will be more affordable for poorer workers. Why are you afraid of that? Or do you see this as a slippery rope where eventually we will ALL have to have the same government insurance? posted by
krcgump
on Aug 1, 2009 at 07:00 PM
I never said i was against govt. insurance. And I'm afraid of very little. And if my health insurance gets to much I'll just let the VA pay the bill I'm a vet. posted by
LoveVintage
on Aug 1, 2009 at 08:48 PM
We really need a dummies for reform on health care book for all of us to understand. I would imagine most of us don't have a clue or very little knowledge of exactly what this reforms means to all of us. At this point, I honestly can't say whether I'm for or against it since I really don't understand it all. And without sounding cruel, I'd really like someone who is non-partisan to explain it to me. I'm lucky to have insurance, but yet I can't afford to pay what my insurance doesn't pick-up with the exception of my co-pay and my prescriptions. I'm robbing Peter to pay Paul and it's all a mess. If I lose my insurance and have pre-existing conditions (which I do), will the gov't take me anyway? If I gain 100 lbs. will they? If, if, if...there are thousands of if's! I'm just confused on all of this since we are already so far in debt. How will they afford to pick up the millions of people without insurance, and the thousands upon thousands that will lose their insurance due to the economy? Our Social Security benefits are expected to run out, so how can they afford to do this? If I do have insurance, will have have to wait in long lines to see my own doctor or will there be doctors specified to take care of the uninsured? So many questions, so little knowledge...it's scarey to me.
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