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Re: Obamacare is not cured - davester - 07-15-2016
RgrF wrote:
[quote=Bill in NC]
http://www.pri.org/stories/2010-12-17/how-uk-rations-health-care
If a treatment is deemed too expensive the NHS won't pay for it.
Currently we don't see this explicit rationing under the ACA, but it's something that would be necessary for any public option.
Private insurers restrict treatment every day so I'm not sure what your point is. I'm a bit more sure of the point others have made that public health oughtn't be subject to ones ability to pay and, if we ever hope to have meaningful reform, we need to find a way to remove private insurers from the system
Absolutely. US private insurers deny claims for expensive treatments all this time. ACA has not changed this.
Re: Obamacare is not cured - davester - 07-15-2016
RgrF wrote:
[quote=Bill in NC]
http://www.pri.org/stories/2010-12-17/how-uk-rations-health-care
If a treatment is deemed too expensive the NHS won't pay for it.
Currently we don't see this explicit rationing under the ACA, but it's something that would be necessary for any public option.
Private insurers restrict treatment every day so I'm not sure what your point is. I'm a bit more sure of the point others have made that public health oughtn't be subject to ones ability to pay and, if we ever hope to have meaningful reform, we need to find a way to remove private insurers from the system
Absolutely. US private insurers deny claims for expensive treatments all this time. ACA has not changed this.
Re: Obamacare is not cured - rjmacs - 07-15-2016
davester wrote:
Absolutely. US private insurers deny claims for expensive treatments all this time. ACA has not changed this.
You can say THAT again!
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