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

To: Alex MG who wrote (41411)	3/10/2017 3:58:10 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

that seems to be a phrase repeated by all republicon talking heads now, the new "catchphrase"... they must have put out a memo... "here's our line, just repeat it" I don't know when it became a catchphrase. We were talking about it here ten years ago, long before any memo could be issued. I don't know how many of my four thousand and some posts here were my complaining about not being able to find a doctor who accepted Medicare. That's an example of access to coverage but not to care. There were lots of posts about the struggle of Medicaid patients to providers. I recall writing a post about my experience in a doctor's waiting room while the receptionist blew off a Medicaid patient who needed an appointment. There was a separate waiting list for what are effectively pro bono patients. A related situation that comes quickly to mind is high deductibles. You can have a policy but still not be able to afford treatment. Whether or not those who sling the phrase around know what it means or are just using it as a hammer, dunno, but the problem is real. but the policies were crap... Some people have stated that they had better policies before. I am in no position to independently judge the quality of policies but there has been plenty of testimony re the relative crappiness. You obviously have no idea about healthcare plans under the ACA because you're on medicare, so what makes you an expert on claiming millions of people have not benefited... I used to get paid to evaluate government programs and practices. There are many sources of information and analysis is analysis. Personal experience in the subject area not required. Of those 4000 some posts, a whole lot of them were me complaining about being stuck in Medicare rather than on my pre-retirement version of Blue Cross. Not as bad as being stuck in ObamaCare, but still a step down. To tweak it I would give younger people more options of a cheaper plan. The mandate should offer some cheaper plans, which would mean less coverage, but younger healthier folks can have more options. I think that's a step in the right direction.