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Post by AztecWilliam on Dec 8, 2013 22:37:54 GMT -8
Not terribly positive. For three years I have worried about the negative effects on the quality of care likely to result from the ACA. Look, if the damned thing actually worked, I would be happy. I, and I'm sure almost all Americans, want everybody to have a decent chance at getting good, affordable health care. The ACA ain't it. Please read this piece carefully, and the comments as well. It looks to me as what we are getting is substandard care at greatly increased premiums and out-of-pocket expenses. And hasn't the Office of Budget and Management predicted that, even when the ACA is set in stone, there will still be millions of uninsured? All this chaos and expense and the law's basic goal will still be unmet?! Good grief! www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/opinion/sunday/obamacare-turns-a-corner.html?_r=0AzWm |
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Post by aztecwin on Dec 9, 2013 8:34:26 GMT -8
This guy seems to think that unless we are like sheep or lemmings that Obamacare will fail. The idea that the young age group that the Obama liberals think they can reach are rebelling against this law seems to spell doom for the ACA. The huge expense of the unintended result of Medicaid's exponential expansion alone may sink us further into debt. In reading the comments, I see that those who think there will eventually be a positive outcome are using faulty logic. Only those folks who consider the real consequences and economics understand why this law must fall apart as a result of it's own poor design. I also fault the GOP for not being upfront with what will work. Instead they seem to be gleefully waiting for the 2014 election. What about the folks who will suffer in the mean time while health care falls in chaos?
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Post by AlwaysAnAztec on Dec 9, 2013 9:46:30 GMT -8
Not terribly positive. For three years I have worried about the negative effects on the quality of care likely to result from the ACA. Look, if the damned thing actually worked, I would be happy. I, and I'm sure almost all Americans, want everybody to have a decent chance at getting good, affordable health care. The ACA ain't it. Please read this piece carefully, and the comments as well. It looks to me as what we are getting is substandard care at greatly increased premiums and out-of-pocket expenses. And hasn't the Office of Budget and Management predicted that, even when the ACA is set in stone, there will still be millions of uninsured? All this chaos and expense and the law's basic goal will still be unmet?! Good grief! www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/opinion/sunday/obamacare-turns-a-corner.html?_r=0AzWm William - There is nothing in the article that speaks to the QUALITY OF CARE being effected. It is only your opinion, unsupported by any underlying facts. ObamaCare is only a mandate to purchase PRIVATE heath insurance not government management of the healthcare system. |
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Post by AztecWilliam on Dec 9, 2013 11:23:57 GMT -8
Not terribly positive. For three years I have worried about the negative effects on the quality of care likely to result from the ACA. Look, if the damned thing actually worked, I would be happy. I, and I'm sure almost all Americans, want everybody to have a decent chance at getting good, affordable health care. The ACA ain't it. Please read this piece carefully, and the comments as well. It looks to me as what we are getting is substandard care at greatly increased premiums and out-of-pocket expenses. And hasn't the Office of Budget and Management predicted that, even when the ACA is set in stone, there will still be millions of uninsured? All this chaos and expense and the law's basic goal will still be unmet?! Good grief! www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/opinion/sunday/obamacare-turns-a-corner.html?_r=0AzWm William - There is nothing in the article that speaks to the QUALITY OF CARE being effected. It is only your opinion, unsupported by any underlying facts. ObamaCare is only a mandate to purchase PRIVATE heath insurance not government management of the healthcare system. If you cannot see a doctor, in particular specialists, in a timely manner, your quality of care suffers. If the only doctor who will take you on as a new patient is 50 miles away instead of 5 miles, your quality of care suffers. Personal story. My family physician planned to operate in 2014 on a concierge basis. He wanted a fee that was too high for my wife and me. Therefore, we went to a local clinic to sign up with a new doctor. The guy is probably competent, but it was clear that he was operating a very busy, assembly line operation. The quality of care, it was clear, was not going to be nearly as good as before. He would not respond to questions, and seemed to be looking at the clock during a consultation. He probably was, given the large number of patients he was seeing. That's what many of these new ObamaCare plans are going to give us. Fortunately, our original doctor decided to scrap his concierge idea, and we were happy to go back to him. You need to watch the news for growing signs that the "doc shock" is going to be a major problem. I blame both the Democrats and the insurance companies for this. They made a deal with the devil, which is in the details. The details are not encouraging. AzWm |
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