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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 10:56 AM Original message |
Doctors try new models to push health insurers aside |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. What it proves is that we don't need private insurers... |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. +Infinity! |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. So true. We need to outlaw health insurance companies, and extend |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
3. Absolutely. And a single payer system could pay an annual fee |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Wow! Just $109 supplemental covering all of the co-pays. Where do you get that? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. It's a standard Blue Cross supplement, Platinum Blue. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. It's definitely NOT a Medicare Advantage Plan! AARP is a nonprofit organization. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. AARP actually doesn't sell you insurance. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Yes, you are right. It is United Health Care. But it isn't an Advantage plan which would |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I don't know, actually, if you have that available in CT. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Yep. We're saving all of our receipts from everything health related, even dental. |
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REACTIVATED IN CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-10-11 06:40 AM Response to Reply #19 |
37. Our State Insurance Comission has great info on their |
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silverlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. What I learned about Plan F... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Ding! Ding! Ding! |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Yup. That's one of my primary issues. |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
5. What Happens When A Patient Needs To Be Hospitalized Or..... |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Well, that's something that needs to be figured out. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
6. I like the way these health care professionals think.... |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
32. At least someone is trying... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
7. For primary care, it seems like a good idea. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. And he has no guarentee the insur. comp. will actually pay any bills when needed. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
11. I've been thinking about going the qliance route |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
13. I didn't think anyone even offered catastrophic coverage only any more... |
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cdsilv (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. My dr. is pimping 'Concierge Service' - kind of like 'Hank Med' on the show "Royal Pains".... |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Interesting. Good luck with that. ;) n/t |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. We had a doctor that tried that same shit, also. We dropped him faster than |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
14. Yet some here insist on trying to sell the FAR RIGHT individual mandate as somehow 'progressive'. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
16. In Mark Twain's autobiography, he talks about his family paying their physician annually |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Is this the full bio that was just released? |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. yes, but a word of warning |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I yi yi. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
20. This pops up every now and then. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. Yet, it also cuts out overhead currently paid to insurance companies and employees who deal with ... |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
22. It's a start anyway.......... |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Indeed. -eom- |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
27. kick n/t |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
35. Shitty idea, unless ALL doctors follow this model. |
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