Well, I could have read it and forgot. I know you have the encyclopedic memory.I've posted that fact here on OOTB two or three times . . I wish you'd read more of my poasts, Strum . . . as I am a wealth of information.
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Use a question mark at the end of statement. That really gets me.
I'm drinking, but, not heavily . . all this back 'n forth poasting is interrupting my reaching the 'heavy' level.
Lemme try the 71-00 method here . . . if, you quit poasting, I'll stop replying.
As Americans, ALL OF US ARE AFFECTED BY ALL OF THAT.
All I gotz to say is some of y'all is some crazy mofos!!!! I just read all that crap and laughed my butt off!!
Love,
Strum's alter ego,
Love,
Strum's alter ego,
Technically, gsd is my alter ego. He doesn't care what I say, but it's absolutely imperative that no one else get to hear/read what I say.
The only way I'm affected is by arguing with you guys about how we're affected by it. My daily life? That's all on me. All of it is my responsibility.
There must have been a dog whistle in there.Maybe it was the cadence that he used in writing his poast
I wonder how she heard it?
I see what you did there.There must have been a dog whistle in there.
I wonder how she heard it?
What, specifically, was I wrong about?
Which statistics? I don't think your acquaintances represent a meaningful sample size.
What people like to ignore is that healthcare insurance premiums, deductibles, and co-pays have been growing at an alarming rate for decades. That growth has actually slowed overall since the ACA, but now people have a convenient scapegoat to blame when they see their out-of-pocket costs go up. It's much easier than acknowledging that costs could be just as bad (or worse) without the ACA, or trying to understand the variety of other factors that affect health care costs.
Roughly half of all Americans have employer-sponsored health coverage, 36 percent have Medicare/Medicaid/Other public insurance, and 9 percent are uninsured. Only 7 percent have non-group coverage via exchanges or private insurers, and they're the ones who have been least insulated from cost increases (although employers have been shifting costs to employees for years). I'm guessing you and your acquaintances fall in the last bucket, which is why things from your perspective seem terrible. And I won't disagree that from your perspective, they are in fact terrible.
That proposal demonstrates a fundamental lack of understanding about how health insurance works. Insurance companies' core business is to build networks of providers and negotiate rates with those providers, then manage those relationships in perpetuity. It's an extremely expensive and time-consuming endeavor, which is why no insurance company has actually done it in the three states where it's allowed.
I've never given the ACA an unequivocal thumbs up or thumbs down. It has initiated some long-overdue changes in care delivery and payment reform, but it has plenty of downsides too. I'm okay agreeing to disagree.
Yes waving to people and backyard over the fence conversations are a good barometer for race relations..
Did Ford campaign for Bush? I really can't recall any other POTUS just forgetting his job and campaigning full time for someone else.
Not just that. I said that I see interracial couples all the time now. That's a perfect example of how it's improving. That forces the cultures to mix and when they mix, they become closer. There's more understanding and more empathy.
When I was a little kid, I never saw interracial couples. My own father used to forbid me from ever dating a black girl. But, I didn't obey him. I knew, inherently, that there was nothing wrong with it.
Thanks a bunch, you corn fed slob . .
POTUS is on duty 24/7/365 . . the current Republican Congress takes more time off and ignores their responsibilities far more than the POTUS does.
Let's take a closer look
20% on medicaid or about 71 million people (13.9 increase in 2015)
17% of those on medicare are under 65 (disability) another 8.5 million .
9% uninsured or 32 million people.
7% non group or 25 million people (probably under insured or huge deducts)
of course some are dual eligibles medicare and medicaid. 9.2 million people
So we'll just say 71 million are covered by the government and many go every time they get a hang nail.
Does anybody see a problem here?
Do you wonder why we are in 18 trillion dollars of debt?
14% were uninsured in 2008 , so Obama Care has been pretty damn expensive to reduce it to 9%.
"all the time now"? that's real scientific , sounds anecdotal to me.
POTUS is on duty 24/7/365 . . the current Republican Congress takes more time off and ignores their responsibilities far more than the POTUS does.[/QUOTE]
really you mean during all his vacations and golf outings. Yeah my job is 24-7-365 too and sleeping through Benghazi?? Valerie Jarrett is doing most of the heavy lifting anyway..
really you mean during all his vacations and golf outings. Yeah my job is 24-7-365 too and sleeping through Benghazi?? Valerie Jarrett is doing most of the heavy lifting anyway..
We're 18 trillion in debt because our currency is backed by monetized debt.
Well, I've got a business of my own to run. I don't have time to make "scientific studies." Let's see your personal accounts. I don't care about what's on TV.
that and we spend too much? So what's your recommendation on monetized debt? Can the Fed?
As of 2015, there were actually a total of about 112 million people on either Medicaid, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, or other public program (military/VA). Compare that to 178 million with either employer-sponsored or non-group insurance.
What's your point exactly? That the government shouldn't be in the business of providing health insurance? Okay. There's a solid argument for that position, but think about what you're proposing. You're talking about dumping Medicare and Medicaid recipients back into the commercial insurance risk pool. The elderly and the poor, who are two of the highest utilizers of healthcare and therefore costliest. Guess what that is going to do to your insurance premiums? The other option is for them to have no insurance at all, in which case hospitals, physicians, and other providers will end up providing care for which they won't be compensated. Guess what that is going to do to provider fees?
If you really want to tackle healthcare spending, consider this statistic. Five percent of the population accounts for almost half (49 percent) of total healthcare expenses. Go ahead and read that again. It's completely bonkers. These are typically the sickest of all patients with multiple chronic conditions.
What's more, 30% of all Medicare expenditures are attributed to the 5% of beneficiaries that die each year, with 1/3 of that cost occurring in the last month of life. We have a medical culture that is obsessed with extending life, despite all odds, because that's how physicians have been trained and what families and often patients themselves (think they) want. Having worked in hospice, I'm a huge proponent of palliative care. It's a drastically less expensive course of care, and patients and their families consistently report a much higher level of satisfaction with palliative care than with traditional curative treatments.
Anyway, I'm rambling now, but if you throw the old 80/20 rule at these two populations -- comorbid and dying patients -- then you could really start to see a bend in the cost curve. Believe it or not, the ACA actually does a lot to address the former. As I said earlier, it is ushering in significant changes in care delivery, but I understand why the average consumer is only focused on how it affects them personally.
Ummm Mr. Crazy, they'll be going nuclear on you over that one! lol good article though
