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jethro wrote on Aug 18, 2009 7:24 AM:
So, Jaynee, how big do you expect your first corporate payoff to be, and, once bought, do you plan to remain bought, like the rest of your party?
Citizen wrote on Aug 17, 2009 11:59 AM:
This bill is trying to fix a problem that should be fixed another way(s). Illegal aliens should be treated at our hospitals. Send the bill to them to pay and unsettled debts should go to the government of the country that allowed them to leave. Mexico needs to stop exporting their problems to the United States. Liberals need to stop treating symptoms of problems true conservatives and independents are trying to fix.
1313 wrote on Aug 17, 2009 9:36 AM:
I'll accept any Health Care Plan the politicians and President Obama is on. How about that. We are all equal right?
The Brutal Truth wrote on Aug 14, 2009 10:45 AM:
"When you buy car insurance, do you expect it to pay for gas? New tires? Oil changes? Of course not! Likewise, insurance should be for catastrophic illnesses, surgery, etc, not for routine office visits, colds, etc."
I'm with VT on this, it almost sounds as if you're opposed to preventative care being covered.
What a terrible idea, along with an equally crummy analogy.
I'm with VT on this, it almost sounds as if you're opposed to preventative care being covered.
What a terrible idea, along with an equally crummy analogy.
marymoonbeam wrote on Aug 14, 2009 10:31 AM:
Jaynee
Please excuse the responses herein. It's important to understand the mentality of your audience along with their mental capacity to contribute meaningfully.
Please excuse the responses herein. It's important to understand the mentality of your audience along with their mental capacity to contribute meaningfully.
more left than you wrote on Aug 13, 2009 10:13 AM:
Gee Jaynee, aside from tort reform (been there, didn't work) and "deregulation" (that worked so well for the Banks...)
What other idea's do you have?
Oh wait, I forgot about the 'R' next to your name....
What other idea's do you have?
Oh wait, I forgot about the 'R' next to your name....
vt wrote on Aug 13, 2009 9:13 AM:
yes some good ideas, minus the part where insurance wouldn't cover routine dr's visits... Isn't proactive care the best care? How many times can a routine blood test turn out to be a life saving event? and if those who can't afford a $100+ visit to the dr, should we expect them to just figure it out on their own... or is it best to let their health deteriorate to the point where they are costing the system even more money down the road because they couldn't see the dr. because of the cost? Not everyone can afford healthcare but everyone should afford the right to live. Maybe prostate exams and mammograms shouldn't be covered either... but expensive surgery and chemo should.
Tag Urit wrote on Aug 13, 2009 7:23 AM:
I will show up just to hear her debate DeFazio, sounds like she has some great ideas!
Jaynee_Germond wrote on Aug 12, 2009 8:24 PM:
We, as a society, need to stop thinking of health care as a plan to cover all care, too. When you buy car insurance, do you expect it to pay for gas? New tires? Oil changes? Of course not! Likewise, insurance should be for catastrophic illnesses, surgery, etc, not for routine office visits, colds, etc.
And we must make sure we are not paying for the healthcare for non-citizens out of taxpayers' pockets. I don't mean we should let them die of they have a heart attack. I mean they don't come over for surgery, giving birth, etc.
We need to apply common sense to this discussion.
And we must make sure we are not paying for the healthcare for non-citizens out of taxpayers' pockets. I don't mean we should let them die of they have a heart attack. I mean they don't come over for surgery, giving birth, etc.
We need to apply common sense to this discussion.
Jaynee_Germond wrote on Aug 12, 2009 8:24 PM:
Pig Nuts,
I never said there should be no lawsuits. My late husband died as a result of what I consider malpractice. Unfortunately, we are a society of sue-happy individuals. I suggest tort reform meaning there are caps on lawsuits. People should not be getting rich on them.
If we could buy insurance across state lines, and if anti-trust laws applied to insurance companies, prices would drop because they would have to be competitive. Insurance in Oregon is exactly half the cost of insurance in Michigan.
Back in the late 80's or early 90's, I worked with an OB doctor that was paying $100,000 yearly in malpractice insurance. That would be almost a $1/4 million yearly now! Rich? Hardly. If we had some tort reform, it would lower healthcare costs. This does not mean that someone who has been seriously damaged as a result of malpractice should be cut off, but most malpractice cases are not at that level. In most cases, they are junk suits that are settled out of court, again, causing health care costs to rise for everyone.
I never said there should be no lawsuits. My late husband died as a result of what I consider malpractice. Unfortunately, we are a society of sue-happy individuals. I suggest tort reform meaning there are caps on lawsuits. People should not be getting rich on them.
If we could buy insurance across state lines, and if anti-trust laws applied to insurance companies, prices would drop because they would have to be competitive. Insurance in Oregon is exactly half the cost of insurance in Michigan.
Back in the late 80's or early 90's, I worked with an OB doctor that was paying $100,000 yearly in malpractice insurance. That would be almost a $1/4 million yearly now! Rich? Hardly. If we had some tort reform, it would lower healthcare costs. This does not mean that someone who has been seriously damaged as a result of malpractice should be cut off, but most malpractice cases are not at that level. In most cases, they are junk suits that are settled out of court, again, causing health care costs to rise for everyone.
Pig Nuts wrote on Aug 11, 2009 5:20 PM:
No accountability for all Doctors!
They should be able to charge you as much as they can & have no consequences for turning someone into a vegetable.
They deserve to receive $1,000 or more per hour.
You should have to pay $1,100 a month for family health insurance while you earn $10 an hour.
You should have no say in weather or not an insurance company wants to pay your claim & how much the DR. attempts to collect from you after he has been paid his contracted amount from the insurance company.
Sounds good to me, if I was a DR or Insurance company.
You ever notice how many people around here are gorked out as a result of incompetent DR.'s?
They should be able to charge you as much as they can & have no consequences for turning someone into a vegetable.
They deserve to receive $1,000 or more per hour.
You should have to pay $1,100 a month for family health insurance while you earn $10 an hour.
You should have no say in weather or not an insurance company wants to pay your claim & how much the DR. attempts to collect from you after he has been paid his contracted amount from the insurance company.
Sounds good to me, if I was a DR or Insurance company.
You ever notice how many people around here are gorked out as a result of incompetent DR.'s?
Mr E wrote on Aug 11, 2009 4:23 PM:
Complete annihilation of the for-profit insurance industry would be the best way to improve care for all AND reduce costs for most.
But that's never an option... somehow, legalized pyramid schemes are acceptable in this country.
But that's never an option... somehow, legalized pyramid schemes are acceptable in this country.
FoxHollowMan wrote on Aug 11, 2009 3:20 PM:
Ms. Germond's ideas make sense. There are many such ideas that would reduce health care costs without imposing the government between the individual and his or her doctor. Notice I say "reduce costs" rather than improve care, because the quality of our health care is still top notch. Increasing our choices by increasing health freedom is what we need. If you REALLY want to think out of the box, question the monopoly status that the AMA holds in licensing of physicians.
Jaynee_Germond wrote on Aug 11, 2009 2:15 PM:
I just want to clarify one misunderstanding. I was never a licensed nurse. I was a Nursing assistant, OB and OR and EKG technician, Pharmacy technician, Registrar, pre-op educator and did insurance verifications and precertifications for surgical patients.
I worked closely with patients, doctors and insurance companies regarding billing and coverage.
I worked closely with patients, doctors and insurance companies regarding billing and coverage.
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