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I think the idea sounds wonderful in theory, but poor people don't typically want to live by rich people and gated communities- the stores they use are often not close, the publicn transportation is often bad, etc. If anything he should be pushing increased transportation support to get poor kids to better schools, because at the end of the day poor parents want a better life for their kids....

My god, stop being a vagina.

Won't Kasich be painted as not conservative enough? Taking Medicaid expansion money and a pliable stance on immigration seems more practical/ moderate to me....

I'm often shocked how poorly kids coming out of "College" are for actual life and reality... Lots of knowledge, little of it meaningful or practical. Between rent, Heathcare premiums, student loans and maybe a car loan it's funny how little kids care to pay more and more taxes. Would you estimate the problem is mostly ACA, or poor preperation and fiscal management by individuals. Gatorman original thought... he's never had one of those.... It got me thinking, prior to the ACA, I'm not doing what I'm doing today. At the same time, the cost of our plan makes what we're doing nearly impossible to get started. My experience so far, bittersweet.

There is a strong possibility that in far less than 85 years that will be a reality.... How bold of them.

Just what this board needed, another retard.

Is that an offshoot of the Red Cross?

I just write a big check to the Federal Government, I know that money gets where it needs to.

You might argue that is the point of insurance, that is why people are required to have it, for these expensive emergent issues. I suppose he could have chosen a plan with a low deductible, ie gold level plan and avoided a deductible issue altogether. I am sure if queried that he will be glad he is out 5-6k, versus that 25k that procedure is actually bilked at, and that is just the facility, not including surgeon and anesthesia. Hopefully he is out his full deductible this year, but has relatively few issues for the next 10. Just for discussion sake, do you know what his insurance situation was prior to the ACA being passed? I'm not contending it was better or worse, just would be interesting comparatively. The ACA has been bittersweet for my wife and I, I suppose. On one hand we have individual polices we would not have prior to 2010... On the other, we have a fair amount of out of pocket costs due to ongoing health issues... It's been freeing, yet has also latched the shackles so to speak. Life's a B word.

She's no longer a student, of course it's going to get more expensive and she'll shoulder more of the burden. That makes sense. The deductible amount is kind of a poor barometer of an exchange plan... Yes it's 6k, but if she is 24 it is very unlikely her care for the year will cost anything more than her monthly premium, which I'm guessing is pretty low. The more I think about our deductible, the more I like the concept. I don't like paying for items out of pocket each year, but what it does change Heathcare consumer behavior in a profound way... When I had my job, I didn't care how much an MRI was, it was 150 copay. Now, seeing I pay in cash, i now think maybe there is a better price somewhere other than $2600. i think this very notion will begin to drive a cost restructure or competition in this field.

People living longer, everyday more "stuff" that can be done to keep you alive, nobody wants to pay for it, almost everybody wants it, almost everybody believe it's imperative people get it no matter what, and providers, suppliers, developers and makers want to make a lot off of it. While I think negotiating for drugs will help, this Heathcare problem will only continue to get worse until we resolve basic core issues that really have not been addressed. We essentially decided by default that as a nation we will finance healthvare with a blank check, whatever it takes approach, because we refuse to determine how much we will spend and what limits to treatment we are comfortable with. People rail on Canada for their approach, but what they have essentially done is determined how much they are willing to spend and as a nation come to terms with limits of care, ie waiting for a hip replacement instead of having immediately and delaying other elective procedures. Canada has also addressed the drug issue by setting a cap on spending, Pharma companies know they can only charge so much for a drug, because there just isn't any more money (Peovincial healthcare will only pay $1 for a Lipitor, and Pharma companies know Americans will/ have to pay $10 or maybe more.... Think if we only were willing to spend $2, all,the sudden we are not subsidizing other nations... Hmmm). I guess my point is we need to decide is we want. Do we want a system like we have now that treat everybody, continue to eat up GDP, is embarrassingly wasteful and inefficient, not as effective as it should be and people are making big bucks off our backs.... Or do we want a system that caps spending, gets out as much efficiency as possible but isn't the "whatever it takes no matter the cost" system. The ACA did not address these problems, so it will only get worse until we do.

Id like to see single risk pool healthcare in this country, but I watched a lot of Rand's fillibuster on CSPAN the other night and have to say I didn't disagree with anything he was putting forward.

It's true. I left a job making great money, and will take a shot at building furniture for a living. You don't go into creative arts because it affords a comfy living, you do it because you realize we don't have much time here, it's not address rehersal, creating stuff is !@#$ing cool, and in the end doing somethung you hate for a paycheck sucks really bad sometimes. It's becomes a question of regular direct deposit and perhaps apathy, or irregular pay checks and the thrill,of the hunt. Now, 150k in debt and an art degree is pretty stupid, but a life in pursuit of creative happiness, pretty darn nice. Bartenders and Waiters in the right places makes more than a lot of white collar jobs....

No, not a Koch. I think people need to get some things straight. A check to a hospital does not change their medical practices. Second people are concerned about wealth disparity, so when a wealth person want to write a hundred million dollar check, why would we take exception with that? I'm not saying I agree with all the Koch positions, but this isn't one worth fighting them about.

We didn't build a billion dollars worth of state of the art medical buildings without the hefty check from our billionaire donor... he also donated a fortune in framed art reproductions from his art collection for the place... I do t think anyone cared about his conservative leanings...

We should have arranged to pay upfront for a much lower price, but I was not sure the health plans here will let a subscriber submit directly. I guess I shouldn't be bitching, I have always supported plans with relatively high deductibles.... They do indeed cause a behavior change, ie now we will look for independent imaging centers for a better price.

Homeboy went from banging young kitty, to being young kitty... So much rape in prison. A small closure and justice for the victims, who are the important story anyway.

3350 billed for my wife's MRI- insurance paid $500, we own 2500 after the adjustment. So 500 for our monthly premium and 2500 additional. Got to love private health insurance.... It turn out it was cheaper to pay in cash, which I kinda knew, but my god what a goddam mess.

What's the incentive to run a nimble profitable company that competes effectively in a market when you are considered to important to fail? What lesson did leadership of GM or Chysler learn? If it happens again, will GM managment be able to reduce jobs to remain afloat? Will Unions see the urgency and tell some member they cannot save all the jobs? Frankly, I didn't love the bailouts... I understand the rationale behind the action, but I don't feel GM would have been any worse off going through a legally protected restructure. I guess as a president sitting during an economic collapse saving any jobs industries is the incentive, but I think in the end you do more long term harm than short term good.

We write a check 4 times per year, VERY different than an employer doing it. Plus we tend to write another check to sure up the balance. I'm am very close to only voting for candidates who support a flat/ fair tax system as one of their largest priorities. The paperwork we provided this year was an inch thick and took me a full work day to organize. I know no system as messy as the tax system other than Anerican Healthcare being a close second. Also, a flat/ fair tax would strip politicians of so much influence and power, to me, it is the single biggest tool to manipulate our citizenry.

Michael Obamas..... First Ladies unite!

I have seen anything like this since the Anita Bryant concert

I don't know about your question, but this board is a steaming pile of latent homosexuality....

The only reason it should be indexed, the only reason, is because we need 15% to fund then governemt, and we can bring in 20%, the extra 5 should go to paying back what we've spent that we didn't have... Under no circumstances should it be indexed and spending be created to meet the increase. But let's be honest, that 5 perecent would go to new spending, and that's the problem.