Comments on: OBAMA’S ACTUAL HEALTH CARE RECORD http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/05/05/obamas-actual-health-care-record/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:07:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Scott http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/05/05/obamas-actual-health-care-record/#comment-124313 Scott Tue, 06 May 2008 16:26:50 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/05/05/obamas-actual-health-care-record/#comment-124313 Funny, I just got a letter from my States Department of Financial and Professional Regulation responding to a complaint (that I submitted on behalf of our patient) about these “mandates”. We had a certain carrier side step a “mandate” and refused to cover medical charges related to these so called “mandates”. Here’s the response I got, “Technically, our State does not have jurisdiction over your benefit plan because the contract is sitused (originated, formed and delivered) in the State of Alabama. Alabama has jurisdiction. Unfortunately, the Alabama Department of Insurance is reluctant to handle Illinois complaints”. I wonder how much of our patients insurance premiums are based on Illinois “mandates”. While it’s convenient to quote numbers and stats for political posturing, it’s sad really, that these so called “wonks” have no idea how the battle is fought. So, unfortunately for patients like ours that have no recourse besides the local regulatory body these mandates really don’t, well, mandate. Funny, I just got a letter from my States Department of Financial and Professional Regulation responding to a complaint (that I submitted on behalf of our patient) about these “mandates”. We had a certain carrier side step a “mandate” and refused to cover medical charges related to these so called “mandates”. Here’s the response I got, “Technically, our State does not have jurisdiction over your benefit plan because the contract is sitused (originated, formed and delivered) in the State of Alabama. Alabama has jurisdiction. Unfortunately, the Alabama Department of Insurance is reluctant to handle Illinois complaints”.

I wonder how much of our patients insurance premiums are based on Illinois “mandates”. While it’s convenient to quote numbers and stats for political posturing, it’s sad really, that these so called “wonks” have no idea how the battle is fought. So, unfortunately for patients like ours that have no recourse besides the local regulatory body these mandates really don’t, well, mandate.

]]> By: SmartDoc http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/05/05/obamas-actual-health-care-record/#comment-123403 SmartDoc Mon, 05 May 2008 23:49:18 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/05/05/obamas-actual-health-care-record/#comment-123403 Not to mention Obama's outrageous multimillion dollar cash payoffs, oops I mean Congressional earmarks, to the hospital where his wife gets close to $400,000 as a grossly overpaid executive. If this were a Republican, or Hillary Clinton, the media would send an army of investigative reporters to check out this stench. Not to mention Obama’s outrageous multimillion dollar cash payoffs, oops I mean Congressional earmarks, to the hospital where his wife gets close to $400,000 as a grossly overpaid executive.

If this were a Republican, or Hillary Clinton, the media would send an army of investigative reporters to check out this stench.

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