Posted on 10/24/2013 1:30:22 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat
Medical tourism will ‘necessarily skyrocket’.
Whoever comes up with the medical cruise ship will make a lot of money.
The people who designed, voted for and implemented.
Oh, wait. The major players voted themselves the best health care and insurance on the planet.
This is offshore medicine that is onshore for the time being but that status is subject to change.
“So - ironies of ironies - could Obamacare actually result in the greatest healthcare system ever by forcing a free-market medical system?”
Yeah, kind of makes you smile, doesn’t it? Evil sowing the seeds of it’s own destruction and all.
“I guarantee you that medical treatment outside of Big Gov’s purview will be illegal inside of 10 years. And that may be an optimistic estimate.”
The government appears to be doing it’s best to make the underground economy the only part of the economy that functions.
“I find the “concierge” approach interesting, but what does one do for catastrophic insurance in these days of Obamacare?”
Most likely the individual would get one of the catastrophic policies when they got sick. No pre-existing conditions restrictions, remember? The problem is if it happens suddenly and you aren’t able to get a policy immediately.
“1. Legitimate state of the art Medical Tourism facilities will start to develop on the other side of the south border. Such as those that currently exist in Panama.”
Excellent point. If the US doesn’t want the doctors, they can always set up shop elsewhere.
“Yep. CommieCare will control the doctors IF they want to remain doctors.”
They’ll just go overseas. Or across the southern border. NAFTA irony.
Remember: mcconnellcare needs doctors.
“What about prescription drugs though? I sure haven’t been offered any discounts when I have to buy a prescription with cash because my insurance doesn’t cover it.”
One word: costco. Check what your scrip costs there and you’ll be stunned. And you don’t have to be a member to use their pharmacy.
“I do Primary Care, 50% off for cash!”
Kewl! What general part of the Commonwealth might I ask?
“So - ironies of ironies - could Obamacare actually result in the greatest healthcare system ever by forcing a free-market medical system?”
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IF ONLY!! I doubt that very many people have a clue to how much the government has run up the cost of healthcare. I still recall when Medicare first began in 1966. Within a very few years I read a study reporting that a person entering the hospital under medicare would have a copay greater than the entire bill would have been before Medicare. Before medicare a person who entered the hospital for a week without insurance could expect to pay his own bill one way or another. It would not have been any fun but it was not totally out of reach. Most people I know now would have no possibility of ever paying the debt. It only takes a day or so to run up bills exceeding the gross income of a full time minimum wage worker for a full year.
All too many Americans have this very foolish notion that the government exists to SOLVE problems, those of us who live in the real world realize that government only thrives by CREATING problems.
“It certainly creates a barrier to care.”
Yeah, seeing as how the poor had no barrier to care previously...>sarc
Well said, FRiend. Very profound!
If this model catches on and becomes more than statistical noise the gubmint will make it illegal. They’ll have to - can’t have the sheep escaping the pen.
Tidewater.
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