Jesushasomeoneforme
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How will Senate health care passed effect medicaid on SSI?
Insurance companies are the most corrupt businesses in the entire world regardless of country.The Senate bill is a pile of garbage. If it, and not the House version, is what the final bill is like, count me out. Mandating people have to buy plans from private insurance companies, without providing a non-profit public option to compete with the private plans? Thats crap. And I don't see how they'll cover 30 million addition people like they claim doing that. No public option, no medicare buy-in, no ending of the anti-trust exemption for insurance companies, no real rate controls? IF thats the case I'm extremely disappointed in the bill and President Obama. And I'm never wasting my vote on a Democrat again.
EDIT: Also they are NOT truly ending the practice of denying coverage for "pre-existing" conditions. The bill technically bans insurance companies from denying coverage in the first place to these people, but the bill allows the companies to charge people many times more than the normal rate for many conditions. So rather than denying you coverage outright they'll just be able to price you out of it by raising your premiums dramatically. Merry Christmas. The insurance lobby is appearing to be the winner once again. What a surprise.
Insurance companies are the most corrupt businesses in the entire world regardless of country.
My family has had big surgeries paid by the state of California, so honestly, I think that the "American people denied coverage" thing is blown out of proportion.
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My mom is on Medicaid & SSI & I'm worried how this will affect her. She has a LOT of health problems & we've already been having problems with Medicaid not wanting to pay for certain things they're supposed t pay for over the past few years & I'm afraid this bill will make things worse for her. I'm also afraid for myself. I have ZERO money, yet, I'm going to be forced to pay for health insurance..... although I have ZERO money. I was so looking forward to health care reform.. it was one of the reasons I voted for Obama. But I'm incredibly disappointed with this new bill. It's not at all what I was hoping for & will probably make life more difficult for both me & my mom. More to worry about.
What the heck has happened to Obama?
Excusez-moi?
Not to sound too contrite, but I don't think its being blown out of proportion to the families of the 45,000 Americans who die every year due to a lack of health care coverage. California is one thing. Texas(where I live) is a whole other ball game. The damndest thing about the healthcare debate is that the states MOST in need of reform(Texas, Louisiana, South Carolina etc.) have been the most opposed.