2008 elections

Lies of Junk Insurance

by: jdwolverton

Sat Sep 13, 2008 at 16:43:34 PM PDT

Junk Health Insurance is another Republican boondoggle. It is the HDHP (High Deductible Health Plan) legislated into greater acceptance in 2003. Junk Insurance supposedly covers "catastrophic care", but people often find it covered nothing after the catastrophe. HDHP's and HSA's, are the healthcare darling of this ~~regime~~administration. HSA's (Healthcare Spending Accounts) were supposed to restore better control to the health care consumer.

It's another lie that John McCain fully promotes.

Junk Insurance costs almost as much as the "Cadillac" plans. Junk Insurance has high deductibles and copays. Junk Insurance excludes and limits health care services. Employers decrease the coverage of their plans every year to stay within their budgets, which is pushing most of us from the comprehensive health insurance plans of 5 years ago into Junk Insurance today.

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Future Primary Care Shortage

by: jdwolverton

Mon Oct 13, 2008 at 18:23:58 PM PDT

Have you seen a retail clinic yet? You can find them in CVS, WalMart and other stores like these. They are a solution for sore throats, upper respiratory infections, out of control flu and the run of the mill problems that seem to happen after the doctor's office is closed.

Retail clinics work. They are quick, have long hours and have reasonable quality as long as you don't have anything too exotic and the ARNP knows when they have an inappropriate patient. The only issue is that there's no long term patient/doctor relationship. Then again, there doesn't seem to be a patient/doctor relationship in traditional medical settings anymore either, but that's my point.

These clinics are here to stay

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