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

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (34901)	3/5/2014 4:48:33 PM
From: Bill	Respond to of 42652

Most. A couple, not several. Yes, there are medical groups here. Yes, it is their choice.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (34901)	3/5/2014 5:00:59 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

From my insurance company letter cancelling my plan and offering new packages: "As of 1/1/2014 the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, requires carriers that market to small businesses and individuals must include ten essential health benefits (EHB). One of the ten EHB is pediatric dental benefits. *As a result, you must have EHB Pediatric Dental Coverage to renew your health insurance.* Please review the new packages and options. The plans labeled "w/PD" include coverage for EHB pediatric dental services as required under the Affordable Care Act. The plans labeled "no/PD" DO NOT include coverage for EHB pediatric dental services as required under the Affordable Care Act. Therefore a separate EHB pediatric Dental Plan MUST be obtained in order to subscribe. Please see the EHB Pediatric Dental Instruction document within for more details." So it appears that my plan was canceled because I was not covered for pediatric dental. Of course, I have no children of pediatric age, but that doesn't matter to the statists who came up with this scheme to kill the US healthcare system.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (34901)	3/5/2014 5:03:20 PM
From: Jack Be Quick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

"In the transition to the world of communism, Stalin initiated several policies in an attempt to bring the Soviet Union to the forefront of the world stage. This involved increasing the productivity of the nation’s industrial products and a better standard of living for those that called the Soviet Union their home. Part of Stalin’s plan was to pull the entire agriculture of the nation into a policy of collectivism. It was a political move to expand power and create more control over the people of the Soviet Union." The Soviet Reason for Agriculture Collectivism http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art175733.asp

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (34901)	3/5/2014 9:16:27 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

You refer to "competition from the groups", but can you explain exactly what these competitive factors are? Are people actually checking prices of services? I think most are not. While many doctors appreciate the opportunity to get away from the administrative burden, I've worked with a significant number who have tried it and did not like it. And I've worked with a good number who felt pressure to move into a larger group organization and just chose to retire instead. Anyone who argues that the health care environment with respect to physician providers is getting better simply doesn't understand what is going on with them. I've not met one, NOT ONE, who supports Obamacare. I know some do, but I know a lot of doctors and I've not heard one yet speak in a complimentary way about it. Many are scared shitless because unlike most Americans, they do realize we haven't seen the bulk of the changes yet.