Do you live in Massachusettes?
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Marc Clifton wrote:
(And yes, I expect peaceful, intelligent discussion, hence I posted this in the lounge).
Now that is optimism :) While I do not live there, it seems senseless to empower insurance companies and our currently health care systems by forcing people on a plan. It is much like auto insurance, they can charge pretty much anything they wish as you are required by law to have insurance. It is worse with medical insurance because I think most of us know how much you get ripped off on medical issues, I think not even the government can waste as much money as our medical systems. Anway, I think the end result will just be higher premiums and in the end, be a form of tax upon everyone. The health care system needs to be cleaned out not empowered.
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Rocky Moore wrote:
I think the end result will just be higher premiums and in the end, be a form of tax upon everyone.
That's what I would think, given... So far, 130,000 people who had no health care coverage at all have enrolled into subsidized or free plans.
Rocky Moore wrote:
The health care system needs to be cleaned out not empowered.
Agreed. I'm curious if there's any regulation on how much the insurance companies charge the state. Marc
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Rocky Moore wrote:
I think the end result will just be higher premiums and in the end, be a form of tax upon everyone.
That's what I would think, given... So far, 130,000 people who had no health care coverage at all have enrolled into subsidized or free plans.
Rocky Moore wrote:
The health care system needs to be cleaned out not empowered.
Agreed. I'm curious if there's any regulation on how much the insurance companies charge the state. Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
I'm curious if there's any regulation on how much the insurance companies charge the state
An arm and a leg?? :) Yes, getting late for me ;)
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Marc Clifton wrote:
I'm curious if there's any regulation on how much the insurance companies charge the state
An arm and a leg?? :) Yes, getting late for me ;)
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Rocky Moore wrote:
An arm and a leg??
Or a pint of blood! :) Marc
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Rocky Moore wrote:
An arm and a leg??
Or a pint of blood! :) Marc
A pound of flesh???
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Rocky Moore wrote:
An arm and a leg??
Or a pint of blood! :) Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
a pint of blood
That would be OK if it was the same amount as I get for *giving* a pint of blood here in the UK - a cup of tea and a biscuit :-)
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If so, what are your thoughts on the new health insurance[^] laws? (And yes, I expect peaceful, intelligent discussion, hence I posted this in the lounge). Marc
Sounds rather sensible to me, all pay a bit in and those who need help get it. We have national insurance scheme in the UK which is basically just tax off your wages. But we do have a rather nice state supplied healthcare system; which does work. The state picks up most of the prescription charges as well with people who can afford it paying only a flat fee of $15 per item. Nobody in a first work state should be without food, a home or decent medical care.
Grady Booch: I told Google to their face...what you need is some serious adult supervision. (2007 Turing lecture) http://www.frankkerrigan.com/[^]
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Sounds rather sensible to me, all pay a bit in and those who need help get it. We have national insurance scheme in the UK which is basically just tax off your wages. But we do have a rather nice state supplied healthcare system; which does work. The state picks up most of the prescription charges as well with people who can afford it paying only a flat fee of $15 per item. Nobody in a first work state should be without food, a home or decent medical care.
Grady Booch: I told Google to their face...what you need is some serious adult supervision. (2007 Turing lecture) http://www.frankkerrigan.com/[^]
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Sounds rather sensible to me, all pay a bit in and those who need help get it. We have national insurance scheme in the UK which is basically just tax off your wages. But we do have a rather nice state supplied healthcare system; which does work. The state picks up most of the prescription charges as well with people who can afford it paying only a flat fee of $15 per item. Nobody in a first work state should be without food, a home or decent medical care.
Grady Booch: I told Google to their face...what you need is some serious adult supervision. (2007 Turing lecture) http://www.frankkerrigan.com/[^]
Frank Kerrigan wrote:
we do have a rather nice state supplied healthcare system; which does work.
Did it start to work in the last years? The last thing I heard about the UK s NHS was that its quality rivaled that of the Indian system while the costs rivaled that of the US system. But I admit that my information might be from pre-Blair times and thus outdated.
Failure is not an option - it's built right in.
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Frank Kerrigan wrote:
we do have a rather nice state supplied healthcare system; which does work.
Did it start to work in the last years? The last thing I heard about the UK s NHS was that its quality rivaled that of the Indian system while the costs rivaled that of the US system. But I admit that my information might be from pre-Blair times and thus outdated.
Failure is not an option - it's built right in.
Seems to work for me, I break something and they fix it.
Grady Booch: I told Google to their face...what you need is some serious adult supervision. (2007 Turing lecture) http://www.frankkerrigan.com/[^]
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Frank Kerrigan wrote:
we do have a rather nice state supplied healthcare system; which does work.
Did it start to work in the last years? The last thing I heard about the UK s NHS was that its quality rivaled that of the Indian system while the costs rivaled that of the US system. But I admit that my information might be from pre-Blair times and thus outdated.
Failure is not an option - it's built right in.