Comments on: CBO Analysis Highlights Difficulty of Affordable Universal Coverage http://alankatz.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/cbo-analysis-highlights-difficulty-of-affordable-universal-coverage/ Health Care Reform From One Broker's Perspective Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:02:56 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Show me the Money http://alankatz.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/cbo-analysis-highlights-difficulty-of-affordable-universal-coverage/#comment-9678 Show me the Money Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:18:42 +0000 http://alankatz.wordpress.com/?p=633#comment-9678 If a politician walked in a room and asked who is for affordable health care all would raise their hand. The same would be true for affordable homes and affordable automobiles. The real challenge is how to pay for it and there has been little substantive details on this. My fear is we will have an abomination (read as - Obama Nation) of a health plan with many unfulfilled promises and much higher costs with fewer choices. Stay tuned. If a politician walked in a room and asked who is for affordable health care all would raise their hand. The same would be true for affordable homes and affordable automobiles. The real challenge is how to pay for it and there has been little substantive details on this.

My fear is we will have an abomination (read as – Obama Nation) of a health plan with many unfulfilled promises and much higher costs with fewer choices.

Stay tuned.

]]> By: KenK http://alankatz.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/cbo-analysis-highlights-difficulty-of-affordable-universal-coverage/#comment-9675 KenK Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:15:22 +0000 http://alankatz.wordpress.com/?p=633#comment-9675 What a surprise, the ultimate cost of trying to provide coverage for the uninsured in America projects to not just be astronomical, but also falls well short of its goal of having everyone covered. The cost projections obviously assumed that per capita utilization of health care goods and services would remain unchanged. Obviously this needs to change. Well thought out ways to eliminate unnecessary utilization, whether out of greed or defensive medicine, need to be put into effect before the health system can be expanded. What a surprise, the ultimate cost of trying to provide coverage for the uninsured in America projects to not just be astronomical, but also falls well short of its goal of having everyone covered. The cost projections obviously assumed that per capita utilization of health care goods and services would remain unchanged. Obviously this needs to change. Well thought out ways to eliminate unnecessary utilization, whether out of greed or defensive medicine, need to be put into effect before the health system can be expanded.

]]> By: Health Insurance Quotes Guy http://alankatz.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/cbo-analysis-highlights-difficulty-of-affordable-universal-coverage/#comment-9673 Health Insurance Quotes Guy Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:55:03 +0000 http://alankatz.wordpress.com/?p=633#comment-9673 I agree that insurance companies should not be able to cherry pick, but if you create a health insurance exchange - then the agent and agencies will be driven out of the market. Perhaps that is what the carriers and the govt want. I guess our tax revenue is no longer needed to fund their programs. I agree that insurance companies should not be able to cherry pick, but if you create a health insurance exchange – then the agent and agencies will be driven out of the market. Perhaps that is what the carriers and the govt want. I guess our tax revenue is no longer needed to fund their programs.

]]> By: James S. Thornton http://alankatz.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/cbo-analysis-highlights-difficulty-of-affordable-universal-coverage/#comment-9671 James S. Thornton Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:17:51 +0000 http://alankatz.wordpress.com/?p=633#comment-9671 I would argue that for the self-employed with any medical history whatsoever, including a childhood history of ear aches, the current system is already breaking the budget of American families. For a glimpse into the suffering the current system can cause, for one former member of the middle class, I invite you to check out the following: 13 Ways of Looking at Catastrophe (apologies to Wallace Stevens). http://forums.usms.org/blog.php?b=3888 I would argue that for the self-employed with any medical history whatsoever, including a childhood history of ear aches, the current system is already breaking the budget of American families.

For a glimpse into the suffering the current system can cause, for one former member of the middle class, I invite you to check out the following: 13 Ways of Looking at Catastrophe (apologies to Wallace Stevens).

http://forums.usms.org/blog.php?b=3888

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