tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296096399220838318.post3544962689829689364..comments2024-02-05T12:20:34.082-08:00Comments on A Tidings of Magpies: Health Care Reform and the Chamber of SecretsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15238905633085051322noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296096399220838318.post-39195027917212719392013-10-23T00:06:04.851-07:002013-10-23T00:06:04.851-07:00Nice article. very interesting, thanks for sharing...Nice article. very interesting, thanks for sharing.Philippine Prudentialhttp://lifestyle.inquirer.net/129777/protection-at-the-prime-of-your-lifenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296096399220838318.post-91074356837030752692013-10-07T03:54:41.069-07:002013-10-07T03:54:41.069-07:00It’s really a great and helpful piece of info. I’m...It’s really a great and helpful piece of info. I’m satisfied that you simply shared this useful information with us. Please stay us up to date like this. Thank you for sharingPPLIChttp://lifestyle.inquirer.net/123355/supporting-your-health-as-you-agenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296096399220838318.post-91245048446152825382009-08-23T12:37:22.716-07:002009-08-23T12:37:22.716-07:00When I go to see the Cleveland Cavaliers play bask...When I go to see the Cleveland Cavaliers play basketball, on my way to my cheap seats, I walk past the private loge of the Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance company. Um...huh? Pisses me off royally.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296096399220838318.post-18172080802140807012009-08-17T05:29:29.653-07:002009-08-17T05:29:29.653-07:00An excellent post Distracted and I love the line i...An excellent post Distracted and I love the line in the song "if I wake up, I might sue" which relates to a very real problem as we all know. Reform must take place and as a holder of one of those Medicare cards, I say the sooner the better!<br /><br />Of course you can't believe everything you see on TV and it's awfully time consuming reading every newspaper published, but research is the only way anyone is going to find the truth.<br /><br />In a lighter vein... today am announcing a FUN giveaway thingie on my post which will begin next Monday... come visit and see what I'm talking about!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813508472498593787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296096399220838318.post-33128085042208361022009-08-16T21:31:34.783-07:002009-08-16T21:31:34.783-07:00Hospitals receive disportionate share funding in r...Hospitals receive disportionate share funding in return for seeing poor and indigent patients if they are in a federal "poverty" region. That is one payment they are willing to give up in order to help fund healthcare reform.<br /><br />Insurance companies make money by getting revenue from subscribers and spending as little as they can out to the providers. In the 1990's big insurance got into Medicare by HMO thinking they would make buckets of money, and found that by insuring a pool of elderly and often ill patients they did not make the expected level of profit. <br /><br />This last go-round with Medicare by HMO, big insurance was reimbursed 125% of cost by the federal goverment, so they were guaranteed their profit. I think the extra 25% has been cut or contemplated to be cut by Congress, so expect to see big insurance drop out of that market again.<br /><br />A lot of businesses would like to have 25% profit guaranteed. Maybe that's what the private sector lobbyists are vying for!WinnyNinny PooPoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237156887425609665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296096399220838318.post-80235383870191122372009-08-16T20:08:24.360-07:002009-08-16T20:08:24.360-07:00Just out of curiosity, as I haven't had much t...Just out of curiosity, as I haven't had much time to read it myself, do you think that President Obama's specific plans are doable? I understand the need for reform, but that doesn't mean I think this first proposal is without flaws. I really wish that's what we could be discussing, in a civilized manner, rather than these blanket yes or no's.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02515314638093018928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296096399220838318.post-61837712656075886572009-08-16T13:53:24.427-07:002009-08-16T13:53:24.427-07:00If your fear wanes, Google "Other things birt...If your fear wanes, Google "Other things birthers believe" like prisoner trains for 15million "I seen 'em!" WITH pictures! (of course they're actually unused car transports)<br />SighSilliyakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12357513229346986960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296096399220838318.post-80806998192709718802009-08-16T10:36:58.596-07:002009-08-16T10:36:58.596-07:00There are a lot of people who seem to think that j...There are a lot of people who seem to think that just because they say something out loud it must be true. Palin is leader of that pack. Very scary. Vote every chance you get.English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296096399220838318.post-2021377025786663182009-08-16T10:21:41.123-07:002009-08-16T10:21:41.123-07:00and a write-up of the president's speech in Bi...and a write-up of the president's speech in Billings:<br />http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_treatment/archive/2009/08/15/hitting-his-stride-in-montana.aspxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15238905633085051322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296096399220838318.post-20276322349957379562009-08-16T10:17:35.026-07:002009-08-16T10:17:35.026-07:00great stuff......no i don't believe even the p...great stuff......no i don't believe even the pinheads who throw those scare stories out there think they're telling the truth.........the right and the self rightous are just borrowing from the nazis [if the lie is big enough then they will believe] and then the other way....just throw enough stuff out there and something will stick. they ought to be ashamed but they're not......jack cjackc50https://www.blogger.com/profile/05147207415445564292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296096399220838318.post-20329104507187813002009-08-16T10:13:54.524-07:002009-08-16T10:13:54.524-07:00Here's another perspective, from a hospital CE...Here's another perspective, from a hospital CEO. I don't agree with everything he says, especially about President Obama's credibility, but I think he's got the bottom line about what will be allowed to happen, and when I say allowed, I mean accepted by the Fat Cat$ making their wealth by controlling healthcare.<br /><br />http://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2009/08/backdoor-single-payer-will-not-happen.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15238905633085051322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296096399220838318.post-51413871592995385972009-08-16T09:55:54.481-07:002009-08-16T09:55:54.481-07:00At one time all the big Blue Cross Blue Sheilds we...At one time all the big Blue Cross Blue Sheilds were NON PROFIT! Now we have Anthem/Wellpoint and other for profits with directors making millions in stock options. The situation now is where greed took us. <br /><br />Any one who is concerned about healthcare decisions made when they are unable to should have Advance Directives AND someone they trust with medical power of attorney.<br /><br />I worked at a facility where long term vegatative state patients were cared for. Any one that believes that because of cost the switch gets turned off, should observe the level of care it takes for these very fragile patients and the compassion of those who care for them. It is extremely costly, and some of these patients had been there for 10 to 15 years. (It also made me make sure I had an Advance Directive on file and a medical power of attorney!)WinnyNinny PooPoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237156887425609665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296096399220838318.post-2384500451517833782009-08-16T09:10:29.619-07:002009-08-16T09:10:29.619-07:00That's what is so scary; so many people DO bel...That's what is so scary; so many people DO believe what she's saying! She absolutely makes shit up and people eat it up. So, so scary. And isn't this the same debate that the AMA fought back in the 70's when there was a big "socialist medicine" scare? And look what happened; HMO's took it all over. How has that been better?Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00691293013547048119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296096399220838318.post-82830085972202748882009-08-16T07:49:04.073-07:002009-08-16T07:49:04.073-07:00Thanks for your sanity!Thanks for your sanity!The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296096399220838318.post-71670885580210592782009-08-16T07:44:00.735-07:002009-08-16T07:44:00.735-07:00Thanks for letting me see the other side. There i...Thanks for letting me see the other side. There is so much baloney out there that we don't know what to believe.<br /><br />I love the song!!!!Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219479223227928561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296096399220838318.post-81937048767158179262009-08-16T07:41:42.811-07:002009-08-16T07:41:42.811-07:00Well said, thank you so much for this perspective....Well said, thank you so much for this perspective. My blood boils when I hear the ultra-conservative poop on this subject. Something has to be done about our health care system. I'm with you; the insurance companies, lobbyists, & some politicians are getting their wallets cushioned.Cheryl Catohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294358830518520566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296096399220838318.post-32389990387296449352009-08-16T06:32:14.704-07:002009-08-16T06:32:14.704-07:00Most of the most vocal people seem to be a little ...Most of the most vocal people seem to be a little older. They voice their fear of socialized medicine while simultaneously waving their medicare cards. <br /><br />How about those golden paychecks for the CEOs of insurance companies? Damn. Who wouldn't want a check like this? <br /><br /> * Aetna, Ronald A. Williams: $24,300,112<br /> * Cigna, H. Edward Hanway: $12,236,740<br /> * Coventry, Dale Wolf: $9,047,469<br /> * Health Net, Jay Gellert: $4,425,355<br /> * Humana, Michael McCallister: $4,764,309<br /> * U. Health Group, Stephen J. Hemsley: $3,241,042<br /> * Wellpoint, Angela Braly: $9,844,212<br /><br />Apparently, these folks stand to lose quite a bit if we finally get some reform. <br /><br />A well written post Distracted.Rudeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17889298704039071473noreply@blogger.com