Will Soldiers Have to Use Private Ins?

[dar512]

Yeah. That's just wrong. Whether or not you agree with whatever war we're in at the time, the men and women who give their all should have war injuries etc. taken care of. It's part of the cost of making war.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I could see it as part of a plan to have everyone in the country covered by medical insurance, with the advantage that vets would have a choice to go somewhere besides the VA hospital. Other than that, no.

[glatt]

I don't know any of the details of this, so am just commenting with no facts, but if he was floating a plan to privatize the medical care, but still pay for it with taxpayer money, then I don't see any problem with that. If you can keep or improve the care, and save money, it's all good.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by glatt

I don't know any of the details of this, so am just commenting with no facts, but if he was floating a plan to privatize the medical care, but still pay for it with taxpayer money, then I don't see any problem with that. If you can keep or improve the care, and save money, it's all good.

The government saves money. All private insurance has caps and deductables. That would be the rub.

[sugarpop]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I could see it as part of a plan to have everyone in the country covered by medical insurance, with the advantage that vets would have a choice to go somewhere besides the VA hospital. Other than that, no.

Yes, or I could see it as soldiers needing care, and being refused because of some reason the insurer pulls out of their ass.

Vets, and everyone, should be allowed to go to whatever doctor they want, and get the care they need. We reeeeally need to get rid of insurance companies and have a single-payer system like most other countries. Insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies just make costs higher and they really don't provide the coverage a lot of people think they do. Let doctors get back to caring for people, like they want to and like they should. There are too many rules with insurance companies. They are too corrupt and only care about making money. Frankly, I was disturbed when I heard Obama was meeting with all those indusrty people to help reform health care. Why let the foxes gaurd the henhouse?

In addition, I think we need to something about frivolous lawsuits without hindering the need to hold people accountable when they really do harm. I think they should put cameras in all operating rooms, for the purpose of determining if there is fault when people try to sue surgeons. Sometimes shit just happens and people die. Sometimes, a doctor makes a serious mistake. If there were cameras, the hospital could make a generous offer to the patient and maybe deter a lawsuit, and bad doctors could be stopped from practicing medicine and fucking it up for good doctors.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I remember Mike Yon saying the Brits in Iraq hoped for a head wound, if they were wounded. I seems wounded Brits were evacuated home and put into the national health system, but if it was a head wound they were sent to the American hospital in Germany.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by sugarpop

We reeeeally need to get rid of insurance companies and have a single-payer system like most other countries.

sar/ Great idea! - We could have one really large company handle it - That way they'll be too big to fail. /casm

Frankly, I was disturbed when I heard Obama was meeting with all those (indusrty) people to help reform health care. Why let the foxes (gaurd) the henhouse?

I think its great that he TALKED to them. Who the heck else is he supposed to talk to about it? He is relatively inexperienced - remember. I applaud that he is trying to learn first and then act.

Who would you like him to speak with, sugarpop?

[sugarpop]

Originally Posted by classicman

I think its great that he TALKED to them. Who the heck else is he supposed to talk to about it? He is relatively inexperienced - remember. I applaud that he is trying to learn first and then act.

Who would you like him to speak with, sugarpop?

You're right. I just don't want them to change HIS image of what he wants to do, and get their agenda enacted instead of what's best for the country and the people. I don't want it to end up like Cheney meeting with ernergy people to write energy law. ya know what I mean? Of course, Obama ain't Cheney...

And most VET organizations didn't want it either. Right?