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Government make our HC better? Our government cannot even balance their own checkbook. Anyone who wants the politicians and bureaucrats in DC anywhere near their HC is insane. Just check out the fight in the UK right now about funding cancer drugs for their national HC system. Govt money comes from peoples pockets, others should not have to pay for my mistakes (HIV) or for Obamas (smoking). Freedom allows us to fail or succeed. Not to fail and rob your neighbor to compensate.
Regarding health reform, Jay Adam's (qualified) statement "I think we did the best we could†is not the case. There were 51, 52, or 53 US Senators in support of the public option. HIVers are "sick" for life. I am one of the 700,000 CA self-insured with Anthem Blue Cross threatened with another whopping 35-39% premium increase (I already paid 5 increases totaling 117%) the President suddenly took an interest in. I may, or may not, get anything out of the package enacted. Off to a feeble start.
I am on the verge of making over the low income subsidy will this knock me out of medicaid support
How does it end employement blackballing by Insurance companies, as they have been doing for the last 20+years. Make the 90 day probation period and the company puts the employee in for benifits and poof the raive praises of work well done turns into a pink slip......... They may be mandated to cover but they are not blocked from hitting the employer with a penalty rate if they add a preconditione employee.
I am 45yo and been poz for just over 2yrs. I have lost my life insurance before I got out of the hospital. While there I had to endure religious hate and public shamimg from a nurse because I was poz. This healthcare bill is a step in the right direction in leveling the playing field between those who control health insurance and those who need it to survive and live.
My concern is the payments to docs who see Medicare and Medicaid patients! More Medicaid recepients, the less in benefits and payments to docs. Did they stop the Medicare pymt cuts to docs of 21%? I've been reading horror stories of the Medicaid system and how people are'nt able to find a doc because of the low pyment from the state. Medicare could be next. What are all of us going to do when docs drop us?? Go onto an HMO?? HMO=DEATH! We shall see!!
Poz reports that HIV is rising for Senion Citizen, which I am. Viagra, and all other helping vascular drugs for sex are not approved for coverage. When a man stops in the middle of a romantic situation to apply a rubber, The errection may be gone, for good. The Hard-on has no conscious, (You have heard that one before) Sex, part of all life, is stopped. This is not encouraging and this a BIG reason why we need coverage for Viagra. We can put on the rubber. Duh!
Kurtis
I am glad that I am not the only POZ person who is not excited about this bill/ law now. It does nothing to address the lack of action on the part of Social Security personnel who process paperwork to even get Medicaid / Medicare.
April 13, 2010 • St Petersburg