Health Care - Who Cares?

  Here is some research of Mr. E. Emanuels co-written paper.

Summary

Allocation of very scarce medical interventions such as organs and vaccines is a persistent ethical challenge. We evaluate eight simple allocation principles that can be classified into four categories: treating people equally, favouring the worst-off, maximising total benefits, and promoting and rewarding social usefulness. No single principle is sufficient to incorporate all morally relevant considerations and therefore individual principles must be combined into multiprinciple allocation systems. We evaluate three systems: the United Network for Organ Sharing points systems, quality-adjusted life-years, and disability-adjusted life-years. We recommend an alternative system—the complete lives system—which prioritises younger people who have not yet lived a complete life, and also incorporates prognosis, save the most lives, lottery, and instrumental value principles.Quality adjusted life years?  Disability adjusted life years?   Please explain that to my 90+ year old father and my grandaughter with cerebral palsy.Me, well, I'm one of those  people that attend the rallies, and you know, I forgive the people that shout because they have been writing and calling their congressmen, and have received nothing for their trouble except a form letter that says thanks for writing. End of story. I too am small business owner, I pay for my insurance, and for that of my son and his family, because they work for me.  And I do it gladly.  I know everyone is not so lucky, but this healthcare plan is not the answer.  Anything this big, ambiguous, and expensive - that ultimately leads to healthcare rationing is NOT the answer.

I still work for the man because I cannot afford health isurance on my own.  As a single mom it would be irresponsible of me to not be covered.  I have employer sponsored helath isurance and I still pay $483 a month for my family. There is soo much that is either not covered or I have to increase my out of pocket to get that the "rationing" argument is funny to me. A healthy debate is good but lets have one with FACTS.

Michelle

I blog at http://www.mommycan.blogspot.com/

Plain and Simple...

I want to not pay almost $600/month for my healthcare.  I am 31 and healthy and no longer having babies and that is how much it costs me per month to not see a doctor.  For the "just in-case" factor.

I am self-employed and because of that, I am charged through the roof for care.  Insurance companies do not like the individual buyer and they rip us off because of it.

I would love for some reform or at least for fair rates...I don't want to be a burden on anyone else, but I also don't want to be penalized for not working for the man.  I'm lucky I make enough money to support my insurance habit!

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The right to a phone call after being arrested is provided by state law. It is how many state's have interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause, which is a constitutionally-protected right. However, there is no constitutional right to healthcare. While many people see it as a moral or social justice issue, it is not a personal rights' issue. 

However, I agree that the government should take steps to making healthcare more accessible for US citizens. I do not believe that this should be done through a government take-over of the healthcare system since the our government already operates a huge debt. Instead, the legislation should be passed to deregulate some aspects of the healthcare system. They could take away obstacles that prevent some people from establishing and using HSAs. They could also remove the barriers preventing insurance companies from competing across state lines. This would allow for more competition between insurance companies, letting individuals benefit from increased competition and lower prices. Lastly, tax credits could be issued to uninsured or self-insured individuals, helping to offset the cost of healthcare. 

The last thing we need is a government bureaucracy attempting to streamline the system. Unfortunately, government programs tend to bloat and do not have the budget accountability of private companies. I would like to see our government pursue tax credits, deregulation, and increased HSA programs for individuals as a start to healthcare reform.

Research Ezekiel Emanuel and you will find that you have been willfully lied to and misinformed about his writings.  Read them for yourself.  Look at this man's career and then make a decision.  My healthcare is already being rationed, and I would bet that yours is as well.  Try to file a claim with your insurance company and see.  We have to step back and really take a look at what we want.  What is it that you want?

Michelle

I blog at http://www.mommycan.blogspot.com/

I'm not blindly following any administration ( http://www.chicktalkdallas.com/blog/?p=920 ). I'm searching for an answer. I'm demanding that I, and thousands of thousands like me, get healthcare. Affordable healthcare.

I have the right to a phone call if I get arrested but I don't have the right to an affordable pap smear? That's the America I live in now.

And these "concerned citizens" are showing up to meetings with guns! With signs that say liar!liar!liar! Are telling senators they're going to hell. Are disruptive and uninformed. They're not talking about healthcare but about "I hate the Obama administration."

That doesn't help me get health insurance. Yes, read as much as you can but have the sense to acknowledge that if you only read one voice, listen to one station and watch one news channel you might not be as "informed" as you think you are.

And consider what will happen if you get into an accident tonight on the way home and you don't have insurance? Or what's going to happen if you're diagnosed with cancer and it's called a "pre-existing condition".  And it's not the governmet managing your healthcare...it's Blue Cross Blue Shield, or Cigna or Aetna.

Who'll have compassion for you then? I'm not excited about having the government care for me but I'm more afraid of what's going to happen to me with no insurance.