Comments on: U.S. Healthcare…Privilege, Poverty and Pain http://www.sosoft.com/blog/2009/07/21/us-healthcareprivilege-poverty-and-pain/ Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:51:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kathy http://www.sosoft.com/blog/2009/07/21/us-healthcareprivilege-poverty-and-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-575 Kathy Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:04:59 +0000 http://www.sosoft.com/blog/?p=410#comment-575 Doran, I could not agree with you more. Thanks for posting your comment. Doran, I could not agree with you more. Thanks for posting your comment.

]]> By: Doran Cushing http://www.sosoft.com/blog/2009/07/21/us-healthcareprivilege-poverty-and-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-574 Doran Cushing Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:24:24 +0000 http://www.sosoft.com/blog/?p=410#comment-574 Let me suggest the true nature of the health care reform debate in one word - POWER. The Republican Party cannot allow the Democrats to make any significant improvement to the health care system because it will reward the Democrats for years to come and neutralize the Republican Party for decades. It is as simple as that. You only have to follow the obstructionism from the Republicans en masse to see this obvious point in action. "They" cannot maintain any leverage in the political system if the Democrats accomplish even the smallest of changes so "They" will continue the campaign of lies, disruptions, and financial bullying. The only question remaining is whether the Democrats will play this losing game or stand up for the majority of Americans and "just say no" to this corrupt attempt to grab power (while keeping a broken system broken). I work in a medical office and the games the insurance carriers will play to avoid paying claims is just criminal. They rely on the massive flood of rejected claims as a means of not paying what is owed both the patients (customers) and the providers (also customers). On a daily basis I am lied to by carriers while they try to disquise their responsibilities behind additional paperwork requirements, endless pre-authorizations,and marginalized coverage for behavioral health benefits. Single payer is the proper solution but even a true government option would force the carriers to examine their marketing and cashflow policies. Let me suggest the true nature of the health care reform debate in one word – POWER.
The Republican Party cannot allow the Democrats to make any significant improvement to the health care system because it will reward the Democrats for years to come and neutralize the Republican Party for decades. It is as simple as that. You only have to follow the obstructionism from the Republicans en masse to see this obvious point in action. “They” cannot maintain any leverage in the political system if the Democrats accomplish even the smallest of changes so “They” will continue the campaign of lies, disruptions, and financial bullying. The only question remaining is whether the Democrats will play this losing game or stand up for the majority of Americans and “just say no” to this corrupt attempt to grab power (while keeping a broken system broken).

I work in a medical office and the games the insurance carriers will play to avoid paying claims is just criminal. They rely on the massive flood of rejected claims as a means of not paying what is owed both the patients (customers) and the providers (also customers). On a daily basis I am lied to by carriers while they try to disquise their responsibilities behind additional paperwork requirements, endless pre-authorizations,and marginalized coverage for behavioral health benefits. Single payer is the proper solution but even a true government option would force the carriers to examine their marketing and cashflow policies.

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