reply to post by syrinx high priest
greedy CEO's and franchise owners would rather crap on their employees than offer decent benefits
reply to post by newcovenant
The streamlining of medical services and elimination of the middleman payments enabled Obama care to cut medical costs and save the difference reinvesting it in other areas.
Originally posted by ProfEmeritus
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The streamlining of medical services and elimination of the middleman payments enabled Obama care to cut medical costs and save the difference reinvesting it in other areas.
Unfortunately, the "streamlining of services" you reference includes cutting down on the number of critical procedures and preventive care, especially for women. In addition, his cuts are now forcing many doctors to refuse to cover medicare. I know that for a fact, since my wife's doctor will now refuse to accept Medicare, because of the cuts to his reimbursement. If people knew how little some of the reimbursements are to doctors on surgery and procedures, they would understand. I know there is no "death panels", but these cuts WILL cause senior deaths, that otherwise would have been prevented.
reply to post by newcovenant
Your wife's doctor who took Medicare in the past is refusing to accept it now?
AMA faults guidelines for mammograms and prostate cancer test
Recent recommendations on breast cancer and prostate cancer screening made by a government-appointed panel did not include enough input from experts in treating these cancers, doctors said Tuesday.
The American Medical Association voted today to officially express concern over the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force recommendations on mammography and prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing.
the task force recommended women receive regular mammograms starting at age 50, going against the common practice of screening women beginning at age 40. And recently, the task force recommended against PSA testing for men altogether.
Hughes said that doctors' reactions to these recommendations have been "outrage, disappointment, frustration [and] sadness."
reply to post by newcovenant
The sad thing is, some people don't have "a doctor" and so as a last resort government should be taking accepted medical guidelines and saying, yes this routine test is paid for so why don't you go have it done, since for your age it is recommended.
Oct. 16, 2012 — Regular physical exams are annual rituals for many Americans. Now a new research review finds that these kinds of checkups don’t help people live longer, and they don’t cut the risk of dying of cancer or heart disease. “We did not find any signs of benefit,” on death risk, says researcher Lasse T. Krogsboll, a PhD student at the Nordic Cochrane Center in Copenhagen, Denmark.
reply to post by newcovenant
Do you get it?
Originally posted by ProfEmeritus
reply to post by newcovenant
Do you get it?
Of course, I "get it". However, understand that there are people that are barely able to live, and if the government dictates that a test is not covered under, say, Medicare, they might not be able to afford a life saving measure. THIS is EXACTLY the equivalent of the consequences 0f the mythical "death panel" .
