Comments on: Like it or not, Health Care is broken http://tripleventi.com/2007/07/03/like-it-or-not-health-care-is-broken/ Extra Large, Extra Strong... without being bitter Sat, 10 Mar 2012 15:54:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Reality Me » Today's MUST READ re: US Healthcare http://tripleventi.com/2007/07/03/like-it-or-not-health-care-is-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-4478 Reality Me » Today's MUST READ re: US Healthcare Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:21:00 +0000 http://tripleventi.com/2007/07/03/like-it-or-not-health-care-is-broken/#comment-4478 [...] Venti caught me off guard with this one. I have to process it. In the meantime, you should read it! While on the job one day, I got caught [...]

[...] Venti caught me off guard with this one. I have to process it. In the meantime, you should read it! While on the job one day, I got caught [...]

]]> By: theFrog http://tripleventi.com/2007/07/03/like-it-or-not-health-care-is-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-4470 theFrog Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:56:21 +0000 http://tripleventi.com/2007/07/03/like-it-or-not-health-care-is-broken/#comment-4470 I do have to say this: while the military (and the government policies that determine the pay/benefits for members of the armed services) could do a whole lot better, the one thing they definitely do right is medical coverage. TPO and I pay nothing for coverage and prescriptions if we use the military facilities. If I chose, I could go to a civilian doctor and then just pay a 20% cost-share (paying no more than $3000 per year for medical coverage). When I hear stories from non-military friends about their coverage - about paying over $80 for their prescriptions, about claims denying, and about having to pay a monthly premium PLUS cost-shares and copays - I cringe and thank God that as long as TPO is in the military (and even after he retires), we are taken care of. I do have to say this: while the military (and the government policies that determine the pay/benefits for members of the armed services) could do a whole lot better, the one thing they definitely do right is medical coverage. TPO and I pay nothing for coverage and prescriptions if we use the military facilities. If I chose, I could go to a civilian doctor and then just pay a 20% cost-share (paying no more than $3000 per year for medical coverage).

When I hear stories from non-military friends about their coverage – about paying over $80 for their prescriptions, about claims denying, and about having to pay a monthly premium PLUS cost-shares and copays – I cringe and thank God that as long as TPO is in the military (and even after he retires), we are taken care of.

]]> By: whit http://tripleventi.com/2007/07/03/like-it-or-not-health-care-is-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-4468 whit Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:04:17 +0000 http://tripleventi.com/2007/07/03/like-it-or-not-health-care-is-broken/#comment-4468 I like Moore, even though, as you pointed out, he can be heavy-handed and too one-sided, he is always on topic and being pushy in generally the right direction. I haven't seen Sicko yet. I'll probably rent it. I'm not a commie bastard, but I think a move towards a more socialistic healthcare program, ala Canada, would do wonders for us. Us being the taxpayers, not big money. I like Moore, even though, as you pointed out, he can be heavy-handed and too one-sided, he is always on topic and being pushy in generally the right direction.

I haven’t seen Sicko yet. I’ll probably rent it.

I’m not a commie bastard, but I think a move towards a more socialistic healthcare program, ala Canada, would do wonders for us. Us being the taxpayers, not big money.

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