Health Care Reform
It would be nice if those who were against government health plans would stop framing the discussion as to be about "lack of choice", "bureaucrats get to ration your health benefits", and "more people will die".
What the hell do they think is happening right now?
The only reason I'm on a plan I like is because I'm on a plan offered by BF's company. My company offers at least 5 options, none of which I consider very palatable. How is the government also having a plan going to make those 5 options - which I already don't like - more palatable? If I didn't have the option to be on my spouse's plan, I'd need to choose from one of those if I wanted to have a health plan.
Bureaucrats already ration my health benefits. If you want to get my anger going, ask me sometime about the nightmare I had to go through to get my previous health provider to approve Celebrex for pain management. It was ok for me to take 4 ibuprofen 4 times a day for weeks on end and work towards destroying my liver; however, as soon as my doctor realized what I had to do and tried to get me on something that worked... oh, that wasn't ok by my health plan. And getting any prescription allergy medicine approved these days? You don't need a prescription. Claritin and Zyrtec are over the counter. Those will be good enough for you. Even if they don't work.
More people will die (I heard a 1 in 5 figure tonight)? It's nice to see that those who are framing the debate currently have health care, and would hate to see that anyone who's already covered might die if their benefits change.
However, what about people who currently don't have health care? Why do you think our life expectancy is so low compared to other countries? One of the reasons is people who don't have health care and can not afford to see a doctor when medically necessary.
We're not talking about people who pulled a muscle and can take over the counter medications for a few weeks until they heal. We're talking about people who might have diabetes. Or broken bones. Or torn ligaments. Or any number of nasty diseases or accidental harm that you can think of. Currently, those people have to self-pay or don't get any help.
We're letting the debate be framed in ways that are both untrue & allow us to go down a rabbit hole. There's 2 fundamental issues here:
Our current health care system costs too much
Not everyone is covered
We need to work on fixing those issues. Not throwing up disingenuous arguments that distract from the actual problem(s).
What the hell do they think is happening right now?
The only reason I'm on a plan I like is because I'm on a plan offered by BF's company. My company offers at least 5 options, none of which I consider very palatable. How is the government also having a plan going to make those 5 options - which I already don't like - more palatable? If I didn't have the option to be on my spouse's plan, I'd need to choose from one of those if I wanted to have a health plan.
Bureaucrats already ration my health benefits. If you want to get my anger going, ask me sometime about the nightmare I had to go through to get my previous health provider to approve Celebrex for pain management. It was ok for me to take 4 ibuprofen 4 times a day for weeks on end and work towards destroying my liver; however, as soon as my doctor realized what I had to do and tried to get me on something that worked... oh, that wasn't ok by my health plan. And getting any prescription allergy medicine approved these days? You don't need a prescription. Claritin and Zyrtec are over the counter. Those will be good enough for you. Even if they don't work.
More people will die (I heard a 1 in 5 figure tonight)? It's nice to see that those who are framing the debate currently have health care, and would hate to see that anyone who's already covered might die if their benefits change.
However, what about people who currently don't have health care? Why do you think our life expectancy is so low compared to other countries? One of the reasons is people who don't have health care and can not afford to see a doctor when medically necessary.
We're not talking about people who pulled a muscle and can take over the counter medications for a few weeks until they heal. We're talking about people who might have diabetes. Or broken bones. Or torn ligaments. Or any number of nasty diseases or accidental harm that you can think of. Currently, those people have to self-pay or don't get any help.
We're letting the debate be framed in ways that are both untrue & allow us to go down a rabbit hole. There's 2 fundamental issues here:
Our current health care system costs too much
Not everyone is covered
We need to work on fixing those issues. Not throwing up disingenuous arguments that distract from the actual problem(s).