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Hieronymous Alloy posted:I think we should focus on all the kids this will kill. And if it is block granted, it just means that Republican governors will use it to plug budget gaps under the guise of using it for meidcal programs, so it will kill kids by making sure rich people get tax breaks.
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mllaneza posted:Yes it is. It is also a very poor state. The economics leave a lot of families with no or limited access to health care. This contributes to the infant mortality rate. To be fair to that guy, the only point he can kinda make is that a lot of states refused or refuse to expand medicaid access despite the fact the federal government will cover most of the costs. The American system allows states to essentially decide how they want to distribute healthcare and a bunch of lovely states have said gently caress you to the poor. This is the other part of the ACA that sucks that no one remembers. All 50 states would of received Medicaid expansion but the Supreme Court said states could not be forced to do so.
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EugeneJ posted:They have no other strategy Watching the Republicans ineptly waste their chance seems to be working for them.
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Mar 26, 2017 19:35
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Azhais posted:*Dems look on smugly as they lose control of all three branches of government* Why do you think full court on universal health care would of fixed that in 2016?
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Mar 26, 2017 19:43
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empty whippet box posted:Supporting any healthcare plan at all seems likely to hurt anyone who does so politically, may as well support the right one. If you are, go for an opt-in Medicare For All plan and advocating for the government to negotiate drug prices for their healthcare plans.
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Mar 26, 2017 19:47
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The Phlegmatist posted:The plan, AFAIK, is to grant waivers releasing people from the tax penalties associated with not having insurance, i.e. removing the individual mandate. Assuming the White House actually publicizes this and insurers take it into account while pricing plans, this should cause an immediate spike in premiums and deductibles. The side effect of this is that PPACA will now become much more expensive for the government due to subsidies going up; remember that subsidies take into account both your income level and how expensive the second cheapest silver plan in your state is. Fiscal responsibility strikes again! Did Congress specifically say that the Executive can grant waivers for the individual tax penalty? Wouldn't that be a huge overstep of executive powers?
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Mar 26, 2017 22:25
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How significant is information asymmetry in health care? My health policy knowledge is a bit lacking but part of the problem of consumers is we don't know how prices are calculated and certain procedures and tests differ insurance to insurance. However, how would that be helpful to the consumer since you don't really have a choice in health care plans. I guess it would be useful for regulators?
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May 9, 2017 03:58
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Summit posted:People have been thinking Trump might do an actual sensible thing since forever and he's proven them wrong time and time again. It's pretty clear by now he takes his orders from the GOP leadership who have gotten pretty good at saying the right things to make him back whatever they might want, assuming he doesn't want the same things anyway. I think, more accurately, he doesn't actually care about legislation (and barely cares about running the nation) and just wants to be known as the President that did things. You know, like the Pakelds from Star Trek.
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Jun 26, 2017 00:01
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Dmitri-9 posted:Has anyone posted this? Which in turn reduces costs on the overall health care system but whatever.
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Jun 29, 2017 03:25
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The Phlegmatist posted:I have no idea how it happened, but it seems like the VA is staffed with a lot of malicious actors. I've heard stories from veterans about how they'll shred your paperwork and pretend they never received it, so you always need to send them photocopies rather than the originals. And they'll constantly try to make you sign waivers saying that you never worked with asbestos just in case you get mesothelioma. Here is another thing to think about and was posed in my public policy class once. The culture of the VA is a set by the veterans themselves and one thing they insist about the VA is that veterans run it and make most of the decisions. Which means unless the ideas come for a veteran, the VA is unlikely to change.
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Jul 18, 2017 03:48
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JailTrump posted:Why do all these Northern States have issues with their markets when all the southern states seem to be doing just fine? NH is a population of only 1 million, their population is aging, and its hard to create rural markets in Healthcare for such a small populace. Add to the fact that Southern NH is anchored by the Massachusetts economy...
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Aug 3, 2017 03:40
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UHC activists should be pushing for the next step which would be either Medicare expansion or opt in Medicaid on the state level. Let businesses decide if the want to pay for their own healthcare or for a small pay roll tax have their employees take a state plan.
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Not to be entirely wonkish but doesn't this only solve one half of the health care equation? Will the bill address cost in any way?
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Sep 15, 2017 23:44
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Office Pig posted:I... really don't know how to feel about this. And I mean that in all sincerity, because I am exhausting myself on this debacle all by itself. I mean, Medicaid is essentially state waivers, so we have to see what the Dems will get in return.
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Sep 19, 2017 02:58
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Ze Pollack posted:
How would UHC change that? I am for UHC but I you need to be honest with yourself on this one.
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Oct 26, 2017 01:10
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Invalid Validation posted:No Equifax still provides the workforce stuff, it’s state dependent but unless you don’t file taxes or started self employment recently they use tax return to verify income. Some states want to verify if you have money stashed away in an account but a state like Kentucky does not care. If this is their first time, it shouldn't matter (in theory) because the state can just tax them to make up for income verification, at least that's what I was told when this started.
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Jan 11, 2018 19:49
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Lote posted:Will building new homes and home ownership destroy the rental market? Ironically, it would destroy affordability if done incorrectly. But housing to insurance is not a great analogy.
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Endymion FRS MK1 posted:Called the radiologist yesterday, my dead father apparently owes $38. The billing office told me it was for an x-ray done on the day he died. Medicare rejected covering it because the procedure was done after his death. Except, you know, it wasn't. The billing office confirmed that it was done at 630am, I confirmed from his death certificate he died at noon. So he advised me to call Medicare. I do that, Medicare says I need to request a packet, wait for that, fill it out, notate what the issue is, send it back in, and hope the appeal reverses the denial. honestly if it is a Medicare issue, call your Rep. or Senator.
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Rhesus Pieces posted:Here’s a great example of the immorality of the profit motive in medicine: I with the government could by some of these patents.
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