Should a finite life accrue infinite benefits?
Even the stop-loss insurers we have talked to feel uncomfortable with unlimited annual and lifetime benefits
That provision has to be one of the stupidest the ACA offers
Don Levit
“Dr. Villarreal does not accept health insurance. Instead, he has switched to a cash-based model, eschewing the laborious practice of filing out insurance forms in order to get paid.”
Cutting out the middle man. That sounds like a dream.
Interesting to see how primary care physicians work this model, if any other action is needed like x-rays, he sends them to specialists and lets them take care of the insurance. This must be freeing for a doctor’s practice.
I completely agree with Reinhardt. He exposes clear arguments to demonstrate that the government places a price tag on people’s life. Something similar was discussed on a previous post (http://healthblog.ncpathinktank.org/uwe-reinhardts-epiphany/) where Reinhardt opposed a volunteer army. In that post, as in this one, the problem is that the government places a price on the life of its soldiers, and they deny it. Politicians tend to make claims of pricelessness in order to be appealing to the people, but what they preach is very different from what they do.
Again these are all political moves. Sebelius is resigning and that will give some political points to the Democratic Party ahead of the elections. They will claim that she resigned after a successful launch of Obamacare and that her replacement will come to fix any details and manage the implementation of the mandates. The party realized that Sebelius was going to be a target during the campaign, so they quickly removed (invited her to resign) her from office, thus covering their weak spot.
It is perfect timing, Democrats still have control of the Senate, but that might change after the elections. They wanted to leave Sebelius’ replacement before they potentially lose control.
It gives an opportunity to the Republicans to give ideas to reform the healthcare. We are tired of their repeal and replace speech (especially when there’s no replacement), the Republicans need to start giving ideas to solve the issues with Obamacare (Dr. Goodman had really good suggestions). Let’s hope they use the confirmation hearing as a way to start putting out their ideas.
The truth is that the patients treated in Laredo would pay only 1/3 the price charged if they merely crossed the border into Nuevo Laredo! I just had cataract surgery in Rio de Janeiro for 1/2 what I would have been billed in Austin, Texas.
Should a finite life accrue infinite benefits?
Even the stop-loss insurers we have talked to feel uncomfortable with unlimited annual and lifetime benefits
That provision has to be one of the stupidest the ACA offers
Don Levit
“Kathleen Sebelius resigns.”
Can you blame her after the rollout from ObamaCare?
Managing the ObamaCare rollout probably provided as much stress as a four year presidential term.
“I had called the idea that human life is priceless both romantic and silly.”
If we learned anything Ford Pinto in the 70’s, the average human life is worth $200,000.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pinto#Allegations_and_lawsuits
I wonder how much that would be when taking inflation into account.
^ $1,123,354.07 in 2014.
“Dr. Villarreal does not accept health insurance. Instead, he has switched to a cash-based model, eschewing the laborious practice of filing out insurance forms in order to get paid.”
Cutting out the middle man. That sounds like a dream.
Interesting to see how primary care physicians work this model, if any other action is needed like x-rays, he sends them to specialists and lets them take care of the insurance. This must be freeing for a doctor’s practice.
I completely agree with Reinhardt. He exposes clear arguments to demonstrate that the government places a price tag on people’s life. Something similar was discussed on a previous post (http://healthblog.ncpathinktank.org/uwe-reinhardts-epiphany/) where Reinhardt opposed a volunteer army. In that post, as in this one, the problem is that the government places a price on the life of its soldiers, and they deny it. Politicians tend to make claims of pricelessness in order to be appealing to the people, but what they preach is very different from what they do.
Again these are all political moves. Sebelius is resigning and that will give some political points to the Democratic Party ahead of the elections. They will claim that she resigned after a successful launch of Obamacare and that her replacement will come to fix any details and manage the implementation of the mandates. The party realized that Sebelius was going to be a target during the campaign, so they quickly removed (invited her to resign) her from office, thus covering their weak spot.
It is perfect timing, Democrats still have control of the Senate, but that might change after the elections. They wanted to leave Sebelius’ replacement before they potentially lose control.
It gives an opportunity to the Republicans to give ideas to reform the healthcare. We are tired of their repeal and replace speech (especially when there’s no replacement), the Republicans need to start giving ideas to solve the issues with Obamacare (Dr. Goodman had really good suggestions). Let’s hope they use the confirmation hearing as a way to start putting out their ideas.
I’m not tired of hearing repeal and replace. Right now the status quo ante Obama looks pretty good. Let’s start right there.
What’s hard for me to believe is that anyone wants to step in and take the HHS job! No thank you. I’d stay as far away from the ACA as possible.
The truth is that the patients treated in Laredo would pay only 1/3 the price charged if they merely crossed the border into Nuevo Laredo! I just had cataract surgery in Rio de Janeiro for 1/2 what I would have been billed in Austin, Texas.