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<blockquote data-quote="Channahon" data-source="post: 634633" data-attributes="member: 7666">Just my take on health care issues: Canadian and US&nbsp;In conversing with a Canadian friend over the proposed health care reform in the US, she advised me her son saw a doctor in February, he was referred to a surgeon, whose first available appointment was in October, the surgeon has now scheduled his surgery for May, 2010. &nbsp;I also asked why vehicles with Canadian license plates are seen in US border cities, and she told me they can get health care quicker in the US, at their own expense.&nbsp;I am not being argumentative, but I do like having the my choice of physicians, which I work off the list provided by my healthcare insurance, and once researched, I will use a preferred physican to get negotiated rates, to minimize out of pocket expense for me. Which are very minimal, less than $50. &nbsp;I do not want the US goverment managing healthcare in the US, as they have already demonstrated they cannot control fraud and waste in Medicare or Medicaid. And now the statement that they will reduce watse and fraud, as part of health care reform, why haven&#039;t they been doing that all along? That in itself may have kept some costs from skyrocketing. &nbsp;Not sure what the answers are, but as with anything rolled out in Washington,the clear facts of how the reform will impact the citizens of this country, is buried somewhere in a bill that has about 2,000 pages. And we are asked to trust our elected officials to do right by their constituents, when they themselves, can&#039;t fully explain how the new reform will be funded. &nbsp;I had the opportunity to be on a conference call with my Congressworman, and knew she was speaking from talking points, not necessarily what is in the bill. As she stated she herself had not read the proposed bill line by line.&nbsp;The pressure by the current adminstration to pass this bill, feels like the reform will be shoved down our throats, as our elected officials are more concerned with their political party affiliation, then listening to the people who elected them into office.&nbsp;JMO</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Channahon, post: 634633, member: 7666"] Just my take on health care issues: Canadian and US In conversing with a Canadian friend over the proposed health care reform in the US, she advised me her son saw a doctor in February, he was referred to a surgeon, whose first available appointment was in October, the surgeon has now scheduled his surgery for May, 2010. I also asked why vehicles with Canadian license plates are seen in US border cities, and she told me they can get health care quicker in the US, at their own expense. I am not being argumentative, but I do like having the my choice of physicians, which I work off the list provided by my healthcare insurance, and once researched, I will use a preferred physican to get negotiated rates, to minimize out of pocket expense for me. Which are very minimal, less than $50. I do not want the US goverment managing healthcare in the US, as they have already demonstrated they cannot control fraud and waste in Medicare or Medicaid. And now the statement that they will reduce watse and fraud, as part of health care reform, why haven't they been doing that all along? That in itself may have kept some costs from skyrocketing. Not sure what the answers are, but as with anything rolled out in Washington, the clear facts of how the reform will impact the citizens of this country, is buried somewhere in a bill that has about 2,000 pages. And we are asked to trust our elected officials to do right by their constituents, when they themselves, can't fully explain how the new reform will be funded. I had the opportunity to be on a conference call with my Congressworman, and knew she was speaking from talking points, not necessarily what is in the bill. As she stated she herself had not read the proposed bill line by line. The pressure by the current adminstration to pass this bill, feels like the reform will be shoved down our throats, as our elected officials are more concerned with their political party affiliation, then listening to the people who elected them into office. JMO [/QUOTE]

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