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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (9537)	9/15/2009 4:38:24 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Respond to of 42652

MA is structured incorrectly anyway. There is no reason the insurance companies should be getting the additional percentage points. I don't agree with eliminating MA, but government could go to the MA companies and say, "We're phasing out your bonus over 10 years at which time you will allowed payment at the same rates Medicare allows plus the same per-insured administrative costs Medicare now spends". Of course, they'd need to use the REAL Medicare admin costs, not the bogus 3% figure that is routinely cited by the Left. If the insurance companies can deliver MA more cost effectively than MC they ought to be allowed to do it. But they ought to be allowed to offer an "integrated" supplemental plan as well, which would reduce admin costs substantially (today, there is a huge overhead within clinics in trying to collect on Medicare supplements, which often aren't worth the effort).

To: Lane3 who wrote (9537)	9/15/2009 7:19:50 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

Since the legislative proposal scraps Medicare Advantage, or so it seems, it seems counterintuitive that they would design the public option around it. 1st question is which legislative proposal, since there are at least 4 floating around. 2nd question is are they just eliminating subsides, not making the program illegal? It's really difficult to debate a ghost bill. This thread could get more interesting (and constructive) when we have an actual black and white, yes or no proposal. Who knows, everybody may switch sides.