Healthcare: First they came for the Banksters...

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[barbtube01]

Great video! This just goes to show that 29 million dollars buys a lot of votes. I guess that makes all Republicans and some Democrats in the Senate and Congress nothing more than whores to the insurance and pharmaceutical industry!

[toeg1]

It continues to stun me how many "progressives" thought a Republicrat would bring about change. Even during his campaign, President Obama stated similar goals to that of McCain.

When will Americans ever wake up and see that they have a one-party system with two official names? The Dems have a substantial majority AND the White House, yet the only thing they can accomplish is to continue Bush's policy.

[luvcheney1]

@genYprogressive83 Your study,"its possible that surveyed providers & admin data didnt recognize Canadians because they were using local addresses.This would be a limitation on any study of U.S. providers," Duh..even they doubt their own study! "Ontario contracted 3 health care orgs in US 1999 to treat breast, prostate cancer, 1,416 patients referred by 2000, equivalent to approximately 8.5% of all prostate and breast cancer patients treated with radiation in Ontario"

[genYprogressive83]

@luvcheney1 What you said earlier about Candians paying out of pocket for care in the US. Google: Phantoms in the Snow The Myth of Canadians traviling to the US for care.

[genYprogressive83]

@luvcheney1 Which is why these parasites need to be prohibited by law and replaced with Medicare for everyone and the payer needs to have collective bargining rights with providers and companys. Just like every other civilized country in the world has except for the USA who's system joke of the world.

If you have a banker taking 1/3 of every dollar spend people can't see the doctor and when they can't see the doctor they die. Why is that so hard for you Free Market dogmatists to understand?

[luvcheney1]

@genYprogressive83 Old people cost more. Administration costs are similar per insured, but not for the actual medical costs, MediCare is for OLD people, so the premium average is far, far higher in MediCare, than private ins. When you divide a similar administrative cost by a far high premium, you get lower "overhead". You call me stupid, this is arithmetic. Never studied arithmetic? MediCare overhead doesnt include BUILDINGS, private does. Billing by IRS, off MediCare budget

[luvcheney1]

@genYprogressive83 According to US Dept of Commerce, Int Trade Comm "OECD

countries in the report, govts relied heavily on govt fiat rather than competition to set prices, lowering drug spending through price controls. Such controls, reduce

corp profit, leaving less revenue for R&D. OECD countries with price controls, reduce R&D that would provide substantial health benefits to all." Price controls mean fewer drugs, more pain suffering. Controls reduce supply, kill people

[genYprogressive83]

@luvcheney1 of course Medicare has frauds like all the holes that have been drilled in it that strippes its ability for doctors to be confirmed. Also Medicare Part C & D that Bush and Tom Delay forced through in 2003 where they have no collective bargining with drug companys and it is illegal to import drugs from Canada. Thanks to the gutting of Medicare comissioiers in the 80s. This allowed that rat bastard in Florida Governer Rick Scott to scam them in he 90s

[luvcheney1]

@genYprogressive83 You deny that MediCare bills for premiums by IRS, which is separate agency, left out of the 3% "overhead" lie stated by govt? Do you deny every employer in US is mandated to collect MediCare cash for free, or go to jail? Are there zero costs to nation, of both those items? Do you deny that govt spends little, compared to private in catching fraud? MediCare famous for enormous fraud? do you not see that fraud not found is "treatment", lowering OVERHEAD as %?

[genYprogressive83]

@luvcheney1 When you have a parasitic middle man that takes 1/3 of every dollar and can only survive by denying health care to people that need it people die.

Why is that so hard for you stupid Cons to understand?