Understanding H.R. 3200

[Emma]

This isn't one of those jokes like we play on trainees, is it?

"Hey, we need you to go to the supply room and get us a fallopian tube. Hurry!"

Every morning the guy from central supply would come in and do inventory and take requisitions for supplies we needed to stock. On April Fool's day, I left a request for a case of eustachian tubes, marked the request "urgent", then went home to bed. When I came back that night I found my joke had caused quite a stir as they'd gone as far as to send the request on to central distribution (in another state).

 

[mskafka]

Call me crazy. Call me the proverbial "Kool-Aid Drinker". Call me a socialist. Call me a Communist. Tell me that we should just, "send them a bill". Accuse me of being a blind follower of "Obamacare". Call me a F*$%ing moron. Call me an idiot. But I found this site interesting.

This is a site at: energycommerce.house.gov. Oh I know....the government is unreliable unless they are paying someone's salary, or they are approving an American-made drug (FDA), and protecting us from the evils of imported drugs). Otherwise....the government is "IN THE WAY!".

Anyway....what this site is attempting to do is to put this bill into laymen's terms, so that average people like myself, might better understand what exactly they are trying to do.

Now, by posting this, I am not trying to say that I agree with everything that the bill proposes.

I read about uncompensated care in my congressional district. Now surely everyone on the right and the left and in between knows that uncompensated care is probably one of the biggest reasons that we are seeking healthcare reform.

But anyway....I live in Kentucky. And this is what I discovered:

"Relieving the burden of uncompensated care for hospitals and health care providers. In 2008, health care providers in the district provided $118 million worth of uncompensated care, care that was provided to individuals who lacked insurance coverage and were unable to pay their bills. Under the legislation, these costs of uncompensated care would be virtually eliminated."

Okay, whether or not the gov't. is the answer. If this is not paid, and we don't get healthcare reform in the manner that is being proposed....who is going to compensate these hospitals for the millions of uncompensated care that they are giving?

I'm just pondering. I welcome both sides of the argument, and hopefully I will get personal opinions and resolutions and not name-calling.

Ideas, anyone?

Great idea. Now if people will just argue the facts instead of making shit up...

No, I haven't been that lucky. Oreo seems to be the voice of reason, so far. I've been called "stoooooopid" (the kind of things that I used to hear from drunks who called 911 back when I was a dispatcher). I've asked a question and every brainwashed rightwing neocon on the board, has descended upon my thread.

One asks a question, and suddenly it's like being in the midst of an ethnic supremicist meeting... all the people yelling and screaming and trying to talk at the same time (like Hannity's panel). Just like they're are bussing themselves to different congressional districts in this country, to attend Town Hall Meetings where democrats are speaking. And their sole purpose is to harrass and intimidate.

I truly fear for the future of this country. There is no reasoning with some of these people. They seem so self-absorbed.

What is it going to take? A giant earthquake? We're due a major earthquake any second along the New Madrid Fault. Maybe if a few thousand people die, we will see a resurgence of compassion and interest in our fellow man. Nah, probably not. Katrina came and went. We all remember the results of that.

September 11th was horrific, but I saw the country come together in a way that it had not in my lifetime. That part was wonderful. But we are now as divided as we can be.

It's sad.

 

[mskafka]

This isn't one of those jokes like we play on trainees, is it?

"Hey, we need you to go to the supply room and get us a fallopian tube. Hurry!"

Every morning the guy from central supply would come in and do inventory and take requisitions for supplies we needed to stock. On April Fool's day, I left a request for a case of eustachian tubes, marked the request "urgent", then went home to bed. When I came back that night I found my joke had caused quite a stir as they'd gone as far as to send the request on to central distribution (in another state).

Oh my lord...hahahahahaha!

 

[mskafka]

They are going to have to--this is where the federal/ or better yet the state government can step in & say if you refuse to cover people with pre-existing conditions you don't do business in this state.

In fact--my state of Colorado just signed a new bill into law--which does cover Coloradoans who have been denied coverage for pre-existing conditions. What they did is add $3.00 to existing premiums to cover this plan. In essense everyone who has a medical policy in my state is charged an additional $3.00 per month in order to provide affordable coverage to people who are in this bracket.

I like it!

Yeah--I just don't understand we our federal government regulations prohibits medical insurance companies from being able to compete from state to state. Why not?

I also still feel that medical insurance is a state concern--should be handeled by the states & not the federal government.

I have not read the bill--I can't find the nitty gritty details on it. Some people have & what I have heard I really don't like:

Like paying for marraige counseling? Have you heard that?

I don't recall reading about the marriage counseling. It seems to me that insurance companies have been living the high life too long, while people die needlessly because of a treatment that the insurance company refuses to pay for. Or rejecting for the pre-existing conditions that we were discussing.

Someone has to look out for the people. What has been happening is just not fair. These are people who have played by the rules, paid their dues, and are being treated like an inconvenience.

These politicians (Obama included) have received campaign funds from insurance companies. Now they are indebted to the private sector. Not the people. It's wrong.