WSJ: Why the elderly are right to worry when the government rations medical care (health care, insurance)

[Memphis1979]

How Health-Care Reform Will Affect Your Coverage - WSJ.com

Another WSJ thing on healthcare. What they are saying above, is the reason why private healthcare won't go away. They also aren't changing medicare, and its already making those decisions, and I don't hear people complaining about that.

[delusianne]

Originally Posted by Memphis1979

How Health-Care Reform Will Affect Your Coverage - WSJ.com

Another WSJ thing on healthcare. What they are saying above, is the reason why private healthcare won't go away. They also aren't changing medicare, and its already making those decisions, and I don't hear people complaining about that.

There's a thread on it here:

http://www.city-data.com/forum/polit...ke-health.html

[pommysmommy]

Originally Posted by delusianne

It seems to me this is the best argument that private insurance will not disappear.

You must not have been listening to various democrats who flat out admit that a public health option will lead to single payer. There is no way insurance companies can compete against a government subsidized health plan.

Still Not Convinced the Public Option is a Trojan Horse for Single-Payer? » The Foundry

[delusianne]

Originally Posted by pommysmommy

You must not have been listening to various democrats who flat out admit that a public health option will lead to single payer. There is no way insurance companies can compete against a government subsidized health plan.

Still Not Convinced the Public Option is a Trojan Horse for Single-Payer? » The Foundry

Use some common sense -- and place some faith in capitalism.

[KevK]

Originally Posted by pommysmommy

You must not have been listening to various democrats who flat out admit that a public health option will lead to single payer. There is no way insurance companies can compete against a government subsidized health plan.

Still Not Convinced the Public Option is a Trojan Horse for Single-Payer? » The Foundry

Just like there is "no way" Fed Ex and UPS can compete against the USPS!

[Thud70]

Originally Posted by KevK

And the problem is ....? The FACT is that it is going to be rationed whether this passes or not. With the baby boomers moving towards 65, the country simply cannot sustain Medicare inflation of 11% a year. Something has to give. And alot of this money is spent in the last 6 months of life.
It is funny that conservatives always demand that the government should get the most for our tax money- except when it comes to this. Then they think we should spend unlimited amounts of money on terminally ill people who have no hope for any quality of life.

I agree! I don't know why so many people are afraid of rationing. We can't continue to give lost causes all our resources. The "baby boomers" always want it all, we can't afford to give it to them. Why should we spend a million dollars on one boomer with cancer when we can treat a dozen younger productive people. Get over it boomers, we are getting this healthcare so you might as well sell your mcmansion if you want your hip replacement.

[pommysmommy]

Originally Posted by delusianne

Use some common sense -- and place some faith in capitalism.

I would suggest you take your own advice. No matter how much you try to push this plan for Obama, the American people are just not going to go for it. Americans rock!!

[Poltracker]

From KevK

And the problem is ....? The FACT is that it is going to be rationed whether this passes or not. With the baby boomers moving towards 65, the country simply cannot sustain Medicare inflation of 11% a year. Something has to give. And alot of this money is spent in the last 6 months of life.
It is funny that conservatives always demand that the government should get the most for our tax money- except when it comes to this. Then they think we should spend unlimited amounts of money on terminally ill people who have no hope for any quality of life.

Wow! I thought liberals were supposed to be the compassionate ones.

I agree. Many of the old people will let their own damn grandkids go without medical care or even education so that they can have everything they want. And I am sick of it. Somebody needs to stand up to them and tell them that they are part of the country too and we don't revolve around them.

I get it now. Let all the greedy old people die, so the young ones can have it all....forget that the youngsters will grow up to be greedy old people.

[delusianne]

Originally Posted by pommysmommy

I would suggest you take your own advice. No matter how much you try to push this plan for Obama, the American people are just not going to go for it. Americans rock!!

box of rocks?

So you dont have faith in the ingenuity of capitalism? That's too bad.

[delusianne]

Originally Posted by Poltracker

From KevK
Wow! I thought liberals were supposed to be the compassionate ones.

You all want gubmint compassion for yourselves when you need it, but not for anyone else when they need it.