Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Actual left/right wing discussion -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: michael97123 who wrote (76)	9/6/2006 12:01:35 PM
From: cirrus	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10087

Good point. I can't think of any single issue more restrictive to small business initiatives more than health care costs. Small businesses currently providing health insurance avoid hiring and expanding because of the added costs... and those who don't provide insurance keep employees just long enough until the employee finds a job with some coverage. ...we should also talk universal healthcare. Costs are so out of hand these days, that we have reached the point that single payers time might be coming.

To: michael97123 who wrote (76)	9/6/2006 1:17:23 PM
From: Jim S	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

Mike, I suspect that the Dems think that SS is THEIR program, and they don' wan' no steenkin' Repubs fixing it. If the Bush plan had been introduced by a Demo Prez, we'd be well on our way to private accounts by now. Then, of course, there's the problem of all that power they'd give up by losing control of all that money. On the healthcare thing, I'm not convinced that healthcare costs really ARE out of control. I recently had some blood work done, and I got a bill from the lab for about $130. That bill also went to my insurance company, and they allowed about $20 for the work, and paid the lab $17. My co-pay was $3. So, even though the lab tried to bill $130, their "real" charge was $20. Now, if I could get bloodwork done for $20 myself, I wouldn't need health insurance. The problem, to my way of thinking, isn't healthcare costs, it's healthcare CHARGES by the providers. If providers would charge individuals what they accept from the insurers, we wouldn't need insurers.