Originally posted by midnight Target
Mainly health care reform, fiscal responsibility.
Now those two sentances should never be places on the same line together.
I heard both talking about this last night.
My main question is "How ya gonna pay for it."
Just letting the bush tax cuts expire for those making more then 200K aint gonna do it by itself.
And they are talking about tax breaks. and eliminating income tax for a portion of the population.
Then they were talking about other social programs as well. the names of which escape me at the moment.
Again. These are going to cost money.
If they can do it. great. But where's the money going ot come from?
With health care services what your going ot end up with is a national HMO.
Which means the insurance companies are goingot dictate what and how much they are willing to pay for. just as they do now.
Problem with that is for example. you need an operation. And after that operation typically to be safe the doctors and the hospital would like you to remain under superviced care for lets say 3 days..
But the insurance cos are nly willing ot pay X amount
so you know what happens. you get the surgery. and then the hospital discharges you in 1 or 2 days because what the insurance companies wont pay enough to cover the costs for the care you need and the hospitals cant afford to keep you there for free..
And thats how I know how it works. I know someone in the finance Dept at a hosp[ital and My wife see's it every day working at one.
now multiply this over millions of people.
Its all gonna cost. doctors cant and wont work for free, and hospitals cant afford to stay open if they arent going to get paid what they need to operate.
The idea is a great one. great thought.
It just isnt goiing to work without bankrupting us all
And thats not even includng the other social programs they are goingot want to pass.
that are also going to cost money