The Obama Healthcare Bill Explained: Why the Doctors Like It

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I liked the explanation however there is something else the right wing scaring us about this bill. They say the word Dhimmitude is used in the bill. This word according to googles means Muslim world controlling non Muslim. Is that true?

Karmella Borashan of CA 9:56AM September 07, 2012

Sometime , if I think about it long enough, I become outraged then saddened. I cannot believe the most Powerful Country in the World , the United States of America, Wealth much too often Equals Health. The wealthy have the best Insurance, or just pay out of their pocket, fly to see the best specialists in the world. A Co-Pay of $75 means nothing.
Yet the middle class and low income Citizens of the USA , are not able to afford to see, for example, Medical Expert and Author , Dr DE Barry Gordon,MD to receive treatment. They must hop from one physician to another, attempting to get the physician to do what Dr. Gordon recommends. They are either too arrogant to ask one who has authored 2 Books , has a video series that is free.
Often they will prescribe the appropriate Rx, but 50% of the correct dose. Often they pull out their peripheral Brain, enter the disease and wait for the Pharmaceutically Biased First Drug of choice, a Brand Name drug, costing $200-300/month more than what the specialist recommended. Not only that, but it is the wrong Rx, the wrong route and the wrong dose...again 25-50% of the recommended dose. They cannot affoed to fly to NY to see this expert and receive proper treatment...
Sadly money may not buy happiness, but it sure can buy good health. Whatever happened to "All men are Created equally." I mean, I can understand some drive a new BMW every year and some drive an old truck. But , we are not taalking about luxuries, we are talking about morbidity and mortality.
There's one thing that is draining the State's Medicaid system...Parents allow their children to drop out of school, they allow them to be unsupervised when their hormones are boiling, and I am seeing more and more teenagers with 2 or 3 children already, often from 2 or 3 fathers. Parent's dropped out, had 3 children, so it is almost an inherited behavior. Now it's up to the government to pay for vaccinations, coughs, colds, colic, Nutritional Formula and on and on. The area where I currently reside, is one in which I have never seen such a problem. Parent's are "Offended" when a school board requires "Sex Eduucation".I suggested changing it to "Human Reproduction", if I can teach human reproduction, I can teach "Human Non-Reproduction."
In this rural county, there's still farming, however, machines do much of the work previously doone by farmers having 7 children...back then, lots of children were assets, the world has changed but the behavior has not.
There has to be a system in place that is an extremely strong deterrent for males and females, in females, the implant, in males, hopefilly they will come up with a contraceptive. People, especially men with no children, that really need Healthcare, trying to live off of $677/ mo., cannot get healthcare. When they do, cannot afford the medication. Behavior is continued because there's a "Payoff"...Let's stop the "Payoffs". Dropping out of school cannot be an optionanymore.

Dr. Barry J Burns, BS Pharm.-Psych Pharm.D of AL 3:27PM April 11, 2011

I've practiced in almost every area of medicine, from Home IV Therapy to Clinical Toxicology. From my point of view, I never look in a patient's chart to see if they are Insured or Indigent. It matters not. The patient will receive the best care possibble be it a millionaire or a homeless person. It is a system that is full of entangled Pharmaceutical Companies, MD's referring patient's to their golf buddies. Regarding Insurance on Rx Meds, the Co-Pays are outrageous. Those with SSI or SSDI and do not meet the criteria for a state Medicaid Program are often left with a choice between getting their "Brand Named" Rx with a $75 co-pay...often more than one ($150) added to travel expenses to and from their physician and the pharmacy,physician's office co-pay $20-$40, etc. AND let's say a new mattress.
First of all, the patien has GERD(Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease), Back Pain, Insomnia, poor quality of Life, poor work performance, all due to the lack of money for a proper mattress. The patient is on 4 Rx meds that total $212 to treat the aforementioned Disorders. Pharmaceutical Companies Lobby the physician's with catered lunches and I don't mean Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches...it's BBQ Ribs, Shrimp, even King Crab, and a variety of high quality desserts. I even see the influences on these hand held peripheral brains.
These devices are dangerous in the hands of Famiy Practice Physicians in that they are supposed to be used for things like dosage information, alternative Rx if the patient is allergic to the drug of choice. I asked one of these popular devices if pharmaceutical companies had any influence on what information is in this device...(Software). It is a yes or no answer...I received a reply that was 2 pages of convoluted double talk. Well that in itself told me the answer is YES.
Pharmaceitical companies pool their funds such that their RX (Brand Named) pops up as the first choice , which coincidentally , happens to be the most expensive. Who loaded the software such that their "Brand named" RX pops up as the number 1 Rx to treat the disorder...often in small print, it states if finances are an issue drug "X" is also effective in treating this disease...Often that , now generic drug, is MORE effective than the 2 "Brand Named, very Expensive Rx".
Here's where I believe the problem lies, the rich have the best insurance and therefore are able to see experts from all across the USA. The very, very poor such as a family of 4 trying to live on minimum wage, get State Medicaid, they also have access to good physicians and pretty much free medicine. The middle class, well they are screwed. They fall into a class called "Therapeutic Orphans". In the USA every citizen should have the right to the best care possible. One solution, instead of dwelling in the problem, is to "PRORATE" their Insurance Premiums based on their income. Come on, a family with an income of $300K/yr,can afford to pay $12,000 a yr for healthcare

Dr. Barry J Burns of AL 12:03PM April 11, 2011

Ok.. I'll trade with ya..I'm in NJ and I'm 64 female and dvorced and on a fexed income. I've had Horizon BC'/BS of NJ for several years now..They raise the rates every year. I was paying $668 per mo. for a single person, $30 co pay for each doctor visit and 1/2 of every prescription. They just wished me a Happy New Year for 2011 with a new premium of $777 a mo. I have no deductable, unless I enter the hospital. Emergency visit is $100 unless you're admitted. I had to make a choice..My house payments and taxes plus alll my other bills, or health ins.. I will have none as of tomorrow, Feb.1st. You pay $200 per mo. for 2 people? I would be charged almost 4X that for me alone! Oh, and that includes NO dental.. I need about $15,000 worth of bridges etc for my dental work..I'll take that almost $10,000 a year and put it in my mouth! If I pay doc vists and prescriptions full price, it won't be close to that! Only if a crisis should befall me, would I be in a big bind. I can apply for medicare in Oct. but we shall see what this is really all about...

Joanie of NJ 5:56PM January 31, 2011

Try paying $600 a month for 1 person and another 150 a month in rx's with a $1,000 deductible and yes Government employee I will trade with you. You are so naive to the real world as most Government employees.

joe of AR 10:56AM November 05, 2010

It's called insurance..... A group of people who get together and pay premiums overtime to an entity to hedge against the cost of unplanned catastrophic events that may possibly occur to one or more individuals in the group but highly unlikely to occur to all simultaneously..... The financial burden of which would be unbearable by any single individual to bear alone.....
Like automobile insurance in case you wreck your car or injure another.... Most americans will pay far more in premiums than they will ever cost a company in liability... Or put simply everybody doesn't wreck their car everyday.
Or home owners insurance .....in case your pus burns down....
What people fail to realize is that we already pay for the uninsured who recieves treatment and fail to pay their bill resulting in Increased costs being passed on To the consumer in the form of the $8 dollar band aid you get for your blood test. Now those those whom we have already been paying for will bear some of the burden of cost..... The bitter part for the republicans is the lousy 3.8 cent on a dollar tax on money that was making moneys income.... It's investment income not money people are breaking their backs for... I never saw a dollar bill break a sweat let alone it's green back. Oh and it doesn't stifle Investment ..., the wealthy investors are far to infected with the sickness of greed to ever let that happen. What it does affect is the contributions that they will make to the republican party... Is it starting to make sense to you now!!! OH ITS ABOUT A LOUSY 3.8 CENTS ON MONEY THAT WASCERNED BY MONEY..... NOT LABOR!!!

Sisa of OH 11:26PM November 04, 2010

I am a government employee (and I work very hard to earn what you all pay me through taxes, keeping our armed forces safe.) I don't know where you get your information from, but I pay over $200 per month in health insurance premiums, have $25-35 copay for doctor visits, and between my husband and I we pay around $300 per month on prescriptions. I would have no problem having "what I get" open to all American citizens, although I think you would want better that what we get. As you can see, it isn't all that cheap and it isn't all that good. Perhaps what congress has is different. I don't know. I just know what I can get for health insurance, and my coworkers. I'm sure if you actually look up FEHB, you'll find out it isn't any better for us than it is for you. In fact, the plan we were getting from my husbands private company before he got laid off had much better coverage for a lot less cost. So get off your high horse already....

Cynthia of ME 10:09PM October 30, 2010

All I know is that my husband and I pay over $100.00 bucks a month for insurance and then we go to the doctor and pay $35.00 to $50.00 to see the dr, depending on what kind of doctor. Then when we have a prescription, which I alone take 13 different medications, the copays range from $10.00 to $75.00 per prescription. My husband takes 4 medications the copays on those are the same as mine. I would love to have coverage for my children all of who can not afford medical insurance but are under 21.
If the cost is to much, then my government people need to take a pay cut and put up or shut up. I want the health care they have. That they get for life. So why shouldn't I have the same benefits that I am already paying for. The cost of health care rises each year partly because we do not have preventative medicine.
I wanted to see a diatician to loose weight, instead of having surgery, but because I am not a diabetic yet my insurance would not cover it. Would it not be less expensive to have me see a diatician then pay $15,000.00 for surgery. But again no prevention.
I don't get this crap.
Joy Golembiewski, PA

Joy Golembiewski of PA 12:51AM October 29, 2010

My question to all of the government employees, yes , including Congress, and Senate aopposing the new Obama Health Plan.
How is it that you are all satisfied with your Health Care Program provided by your employer the Government and paid for by us the people acceptable to you all but not for the American people as a whole?
I assume it must be quite a benefit package. And oh, how nice and smug you all must be. But to share that same Health benefit to the rest of America ?????.
Are you all afraid that if all of your country men, and thats who we are, became eligable to participate in the same government plan it would change the way things are for you now. Are you concerned that changes will mean a rethinking of how cost premium coverage would have to be readjusted for all Americans and that will mean you too. Scary thought. But then why scary?
It's okay for your fellow Americans to worry about how to provide Health coverage for their families, to pay for your premium when they cannot buy for their own, but thats just the way it is. NO, it shouldn't be. And Yes You Can, make a difference. Rethink your own values. Can there be a better way? Yes, there can.....

K. Falcon of NJ 4:43PM October 28, 2010

All I hear in this article is that democrats are the nation's saviors...ok?
This article was written to promote this healthcare plan, and focused on persuading the republican party to jump on the bandwagon because of a few highlights in the bill (i.e. illegal immigrants won't receive healthcare).
But where are the facts. this is a very long, and complicated bill that most Americans have no understanding on, and the other part of American only have some.
Every American is asking, "how will I be effected?”
How about we start there.

scott of KY 7:32AM October 25, 2010