...and the result....plumber guy was not allowed to get a cast for broken arm because he was smoking the same day....
...also denied disability payments...."you still got an arm...you can clean out toilets with that bend in it"
Bingo.....you will be NOT ALLOWED to EAT certain foods, or do things that a dangerous...skiing, spelunking, mountain climbing, etc.
Go to the doctor when you are ill and forget checkups. No data, no records, no government intrusion.
Up until the 50s, that’s what people did. No health insurance, either.
And the people who voted for him will have to go through this as well. Those people blamed the right for being too hard on Obama. It was just the warning that some knew to give. The Obamas will never have to face this treatment nor most of the ruling class.
In the U.K., overweight patients or those who smoke are branded “undeserving” and denied treatments like cataract surgery (without which they could eventually go blind) and knee and hip surgery, leaving some who don’t qualify for the surgery in agonizing pain.
Cry me a river. Did they lose weight or quit smoking ? I sure as hell don’t want to subsidize the added medical charges incurred by the people not taking care of themselves.
When my PCP (primary care physician of 23yrs) had computers installed in the exam rooms, 5-6yrs ago, I knew this ‘electronic info sharing’ was coming, and the gov’t would get ahold of it. He assured me it would stay within the Wellspan Medical System here in PA, but it hasn’t.
Everything you tell them is recorded and shared on the networks.
Geisinger Health (PA) does the same thing, and has for years. K-P (Kaiser-Permanente) in CA, too. They’re all interconnected and the gov’t is an intrusive part of that data-sharing system, for the insurance companies.
0scumbagCare has usurped and collected all of the data.
This story reveals one of the biggest problems with the health insurance system—it is largely “employer-funded” (that is, employers use money that would otherwise be available as wages to buy health insurance).
Individuals/Families should buy their own health insurance. Issues such as these, along with pre-existing conditions all go away. Insurance companies compete, and set premiums based upon risk— including personal habits that increase the likely need for expensive treatments. People remain free to act as they wish, with the attendant costs.
Surgeon Gen Benjamin doesn’t look like she misses any meals does she?
Idea! Most Americans renew their insurance around the first of the year through their employer.
Perhaps a mass “Drop coverage” effort for a period of time for those who are able to withstand the sacrifice. Maybe those who cannot can join in dropping certain coverages.
Pull back on health coverage where it makes sense, drop coverages or pull back on auto, home, life, disability.
Any investment one may have through an insurance co. or affiliated co......find an alternative. Just brainstorming. I realize, getting hundreds of thousands of folks to do the same thing at the same time is a stretch.
We do need to starve these b@stards. It's all about the dollar when you get down to brass tacks anyhow.
In the 60’s, people took acid to make the world weird.
Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
Why not throw drug trusting in there as well?
Ok, so the gov says it doesn’t want to pay for those of us who don’t take care of ourselves, what about those, like drug addicts, who actively are knowingly harming their health?
Just like obese and smokers, why not apply the standard to meth, crack, cocaine and even pot? Yes pot! You want health care? Piss in the jar.
Hippies want free health care, well lets show them that even their own socialistic programs dictate that nothing is free.
ObamaCare, the next Holocaust, IMO, including the Democrat’s Death Panels. How does that differ from SS agents picking who went to Labor Camps and who went to the Gas Chambers? I’m waiting for OBayMe, Pelosi and Reid’s answers. How about you?
CVS needs better HR and PR people. My company has been offering a 20% discount if we participate in a voluntary wellness program. I suppose those who choose not to participate could look at it as a 25% penalty.
The company plan is also voluntary. If you don’t like the rules, you can opt out.
I’m looking forward to underground systems of medical care, where doctors are paid cash, with no insurance, no Medicare or Medicaid, all records are kept by the patient and given to the doctor to review prior to treatment, the doctor provides all surgeries they can in the office, and tests are done anonymously, also for cash.
Likely done in parallel with an “above-ground” practice, the pharmaceuticals are skimmed from manufacturer samples, and returns from patients who kick back unused prescriptions to the doctor “for disposal” and a discount. Otherwise, a courier runs pharmaceuticals up from Mexico.
The end result is that HIPPA is avoided, with the patient’s official medical records showing that they never needed treatment for anything, yet got annual checkups showing them to be healthy and normal in every way, do not smoke or drink or engage in any other unhealthy behavior.
Being paid in cash, the doctor can use these funds to get supplies and equipment outside of the system, and likely make a lot more money than they would be *allowed* to make otherwise.
Officially, patients claim that all their problems were “cured” with OTC and herbal remedies.
...and the result....plumber guy was not allowed to get a cast for broken arm because he was smoking the same day....
...also denied disability payments...."you still got an arm...you can clean out toilets with that bend in it"