Friday, July 31, 2009

Re: [epilepsy] health reform bill

 

one word OBAMA and no I didn't vote for him!!!!! Health
reform....bahumbug!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Laura Gresham<greshamlaura@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> http://www.capwiz.com/afanet/webreturn/?url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.3200:
>
> This is very frightening!  What it looks like is everyone will get coverage;
> however, services will be reduced/limited in an attempt to cut health care
> costs.    The worst part is that members of Congress will not have to
> partake in the same program the rest of the country will have to use.  They
> have their own private program!  Why would Americans approve a system that
> limits our fantastic care to something similar to Canada?  It does not make
> sense.
>
> Laura
>
> ________________________________
> From: Wendy Baur <wendy.sue@gmail.com>
> To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 3:51:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [epilepsy] health reform bill
>
>
> sadly the gov thinks the issue is with how much doctors charge for
> services but what they fail to realze is that if they looked at how
> much insurance reinburses for the services a doctor charges (penies)
> they would start with the insurance companies. My husband owns a
> physical therapy office and for in network blue cross blue sheld
> patients we get a whopping 45 dollars. It costs us more to pay the
> therapist and office space than 45 dollars an hour...we are loosing
> money and considering closing our doors.
>
> Look ad medications it costs over 300 dollars for a 20 day supply of
> my daughter's Lictamal medication if I were to purchase the same
> medication in canada it would cost around 65 dollars for 100 pills!!
> I do understand that due to FDA regulations of our medications the
> lictamal I could purchase from canada is different from the US
> formulation. My point is that a drug company can charge that amount
> because the insurance company will pay. The system that we have is
> currupt but, works so, why can't we simply fix what is wrong with the
> current system??????
>
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 9:41 PM, jason<jason_zellmer27@ yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> As a young guy I already have my opinion of the Health care bill up for
>> debate.
>> However there has been alot of talk about limiting benefits for those who
>> could be classified as disabled. I would like to hear other people's take
>> on
>> the issue and see what they think.
>>
>>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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>

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