Will medicare suffer from a public plan?
I've heard that medicare will suffer in multiple ways, but most prominently because medicare funds will be used to pay for the new healthcare plan. True?
View ArticleHow do you enforce mandatory insurance?
If you insist everyone has insurance, how do you make sure they have it? Will there be ways to easily dodge it? If people do, won't they still be treated at emergency rooms as they are today?
View ArticleHow will illegal immigrants be treated?
I've heard we won't be covering illegal immigrants as part of the plan - but can't they still just go to emergency rooms like they do today? Will there be any penalty for that? Will INS agents be...
View ArticleHow will a public option be truly competitive with private options?
Let's assume the government is capable of running things effectively. It's still hard to see how they will force down prices or at least control them. They can underprice the private sector if they...
View ArticleWill mental health care be part of the bill?
So many people require mental health care, but it is rarely covered and when on those rare occasions it is severely rationed. Will that change?
View ArticleCan we really afford to do this now?
With deficits as high as they already are and the economy still in recession, is this the time for a plan of this magnitude and cost?
View ArticleWhat is a co-op?
I've always understood it to be an organization that is managed by it's members. Does this mean that the people will create, join and manage their own insurance company? How would that work? I assume...
View ArticleIn a public option who will decide who qualifies for care?
If I "need" an operation how will it be decided whether the public insurance will cover it? At the moment I deal with my insurance company and I haven't had much problem but I also haven't needed...
View ArticleAre there plans to better regulate insurance companies?
Part of the problem is that they are not well regulated in terms of their bad practices both towards their subscribers and doctors. They also have been allowed to consolidate and get bigger so there...
View ArticleShouldn't we allow companies to operate across state lines?
This regulation seems odd. Why is it there? Will it be disposed of in the healthcare bill?
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