Posted by Pops1532 on April 07, 2014 at 15:29:33 from (98.227.133.60):
In Reply to: Health care reform posted by Stephen Newell on April 06, 2014 at 20:03:00:
I think some, maybe many of the 7.1 million are people who's insurance was canceled because it didn't meet the ACA requirements.
I suspect you're right about many of the 7.1 mil being new sign ups for Medicaid.
No doubt the old system was a mess. A few things that could have helped fix the old system would have first been to limit damages in malpractice lawsuits. I have mixed emotions about that, but it's still a better alternative than what we have now.
That would make a dent in the ever increasing costs.
Another thing that could have been done is require insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions. That could have been done in much the same way insurance companies cover high risk drivers. The states have insurance pools for high risk drivers. Each insurance company has to cover a percentage of those drivers (at a higher than normal premium). They could have done the same thing with pre-existing conditions.
That would have taken care of the folks that had pre-existing conditions.
All that would have been left is the uninsured. Most that don't have insurance qualify for medicaid.
Another issue is the not for profit hospitals wasting money. I worked at a hospital that wasted millions to keep its non profit status.
There needs to be more oversight on what the not for profits are allowed to spend, or eliminate their non profit status completely and see how competitive they become on their pricing.
As for the old car/new crash survivability. It depends. As was mentioned the X frame GM cars were/are very dangerous. But if you're talking a 62 Ford VS a lightweight economy car I'll take the big Ford. Better yet would be a 1965 and later Ford as they had the new energy absorbing frame.
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