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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

Archae

(46,328 posts) Sat Jun 20, 2015, 04:01 PM Jun 2015

"60 Minutes" will show one reason people go to quacks.

Cancer drugs that are priced sky-high.

Tomorrow at 7pm Eastern on CBS.

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"60 Minutes" will show one reason people go to quacks. (Original Post) Archae Jun 2015 OP

Yes, among other things... hlthe2b Jun 2015 #1

Good. The ACA didn't do anything to make medicine affordable Warpy Jun 2015 #2

hlthe2b

(102,283 posts)

1. Yes, among other things...

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2015, 04:08 PM

Jun 2015

For a minority of people, our health care is very good. While ACA is a first step in opening basic access to more, it is but one small finger in a dam with many many holes.

Warpy

(111,267 posts)

2. Good. The ACA didn't do anything to make medicine affordable

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2015, 04:22 PM

Jun 2015

unless one is wealthy enough to afford the top tier plan. The deductibles might have looked like chump change to Congress but they're out of reach of the 99%.

And if you get sick in December, you'll hit that year's deductible plus the next year's deductible in January, making the insurance policy pretty useless.

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