Comments on: Uninsured Increase: Some Actual Facts http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/09/20/uninsured-increase-some-actual-facts/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:21:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Alan http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/09/20/uninsured-increase-some-actual-facts/#comment-7180 Alan Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:35:30 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/09/20/uninsured-increase-some-actual-facts/#comment-7180 This analysis of the new uninsured numbers is greatly underreported. What's also been flying below much of the media's radar is the fact that as many as a million uninsured Californians are eligible for existing state programs, but fail to enroll in them. Yet the recent budget cut about $66 million from outreach efforts to get more children into Healthy Families and MediCal. There are certainly Californians who want health insurance and either can't get it or can't afford it. We need to help them be a part of the system. Amid all the talk of expanding state programs, it would be nice if Sacramento demonstrated it could deliver on its existing programs first. This analysis of the new uninsured numbers is greatly underreported. What’s also been flying below much of the media’s radar is the fact that as many as a million uninsured Californians are eligible for existing state programs, but fail to enroll in them. Yet the recent budget cut about $66 million from outreach efforts to get more children into Healthy Families and MediCal. There are certainly Californians who want health insurance and either can’t get it or can’t afford it. We need to help them be a part of the system. Amid all the talk of expanding state programs, it would be nice if Sacramento demonstrated it could deliver on its existing programs first.

]]> By: Catron http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/09/20/uninsured-increase-some-actual-facts/#comment-7064 Catron Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:18:16 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/09/20/uninsured-increase-some-actual-facts/#comment-7064 <em>Except for the people with pre-existing conditions who can’t buy insurance at any price.</em> Actually, if someone has a pre-existing condition, they can get insurance quite easily. They are covered for everything except the condition in question. And, usually, even the pre-existing condition is covered after a specified waiting period. Except for the people with pre-existing conditions who can’t buy insurance at any price.

Actually, if someone has a pre-existing condition, they can get insurance quite easily. They are covered for everything except the condition in question. And, usually, even the pre-existing condition is covered after a specified waiting period.

]]> By: Catron http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/09/20/uninsured-increase-some-actual-facts/#comment-7063 Catron Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:11:39 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/09/20/uninsured-increase-some-actual-facts/#comment-7063 <em>Ms. Clinton’s solution of making them get insurance by giving them choice makes some sort of ironic, frightening sense.</em> Why not just let them be uninsured? It's a chance that many people take to save money, and most get away with it. Some get nailed with high medical bills, but they voluntarily took the risk. The problem is not "the uninsured." The problem is that people like Clinton can't stand for us to have the choice. Thus, she and her media accompices have created this fictional "crisis." Ms. Clinton’s solution of making them get insurance by giving them choice makes some sort of ironic, frightening sense.

Why not just let them be uninsured? It’s a chance that many people take to save money, and most get away with it. Some get nailed with high medical bills, but they voluntarily took the risk.

The problem is not “the uninsured.” The problem is that people like Clinton can’t stand for us to have the choice. Thus, she and her media accompices have created this fictional “crisis.”

]]> By: Marc Brown http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/09/20/uninsured-increase-some-actual-facts/#comment-7055 Marc Brown Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:32:38 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/09/20/uninsured-increase-some-actual-facts/#comment-7055 have a read of this - it's just been broadcast on British radio: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7006933.stm 'Never one to accept bad news at first blush, she tried to find an alternative. What she discovered was a procedure in which worn hips are resurfaced - rather than cut away - with high-carbide cobalt chrome. Sheila settled on this option as the best choice to stay active. But to her surprise, she also found that her American insurance carrier would not cover it. All along, she assumed she had gold-plated coverage. So sorry, the company bureaucrats told her in a formal letter of rejection. The procedure she wanted was considered experimental. Good luck. Sheila decided to outsource her health care and she looked overseas. ' have a read of this - it’s just been broadcast on British radio:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7006933.stm

‘Never one to accept bad news at first blush, she tried to find an alternative. What she discovered was a procedure in which worn hips are resurfaced - rather than cut away - with high-carbide cobalt chrome.

Sheila settled on this option as the best choice to stay active. But to her surprise, she also found that her American insurance carrier would not cover it. All along, she assumed she had gold-plated coverage. So sorry, the company bureaucrats told her in a formal letter of rejection. The procedure she wanted was considered experimental. Good luck.

Sheila decided to outsource her health care and she looked overseas. ‘

]]> By: Lauren http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/09/20/uninsured-increase-some-actual-facts/#comment-7050 Lauren Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:55:08 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/09/20/uninsured-increase-some-actual-facts/#comment-7050 <i>So, what we have here is a “crisis� of choice. Most of the fabled uninsured fall into two categories: people who can afford coverage but choose not to buy it and people who are eligible for government aid but choose not to apply for it.</i> Except for the people with pre-existing conditions who can't buy insurance at any price. So, what we have here is a “crisis� of choice. Most of the fabled uninsured fall into two categories: people who can afford coverage but choose not to buy it and people who are eligible for government aid but choose not to apply for it.

Except for the people with pre-existing conditions who can’t buy insurance at any price.

]]> By: Cary http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/09/20/uninsured-increase-some-actual-facts/#comment-7047 Cary Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:06:20 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/09/20/uninsured-increase-some-actual-facts/#comment-7047 It is good to see someone looking into the facts. Hilllary and many others advocating a universal healthcare system want us to believe the number of uninsured is 47 million. However of those 47 million that are supposed to be uninsured, 10.2 million of them are non-citizens. Of the remaining 36.8 million uninsured, more than half were estimated to not be out of coverage for a full year in between jobs. It is good to see someone looking into the facts. Hilllary and many others advocating a universal healthcare system want us to believe the number of uninsured is 47 million. However of those 47 million that are supposed to be uninsured, 10.2 million of them are non-citizens. Of the remaining 36.8 million uninsured, more than half were estimated to not be out of coverage for a full year in between jobs.

]]> By: James Gaulte http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/09/20/uninsured-increase-some-actual-facts/#comment-7036 James Gaulte Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:49:37 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/09/20/uninsured-increase-some-actual-facts/#comment-7036 To the extent that the uninsured are uninsured because they don't want to be,Ms. Clinton's solution of making them get insurance by giving them choice makes some sort of ironic, frightening sense. To the extent that the uninsured are uninsured because they don’t want to be,Ms. Clinton’s solution of making them get insurance by giving them choice makes some sort of ironic, frightening sense.

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