Romney's Team Refines Its Health Care Pitch, Defense
Monday, December 27, 2010
“The Democrats & Republicanhttp://wwws give the illusion that there are difference s between them,” said Flowers. “This keeps the public divided. It weakens opposition . We fight over whether a Democrat or a Republican will get elected. We vote for the lesser evil, but meanwhile the policies the two parties enact aren't significan tly different. There were no Democrats willing to hold the line on SinglePaye r. Not one. I don’t see this changing until we radically shift the balance of power by creating a larger & broader social movement.”
The corporate control of every aspect of American life is mirrored in the corporate control of healthcare. And there are no barriers to prevent corporate domination of every sector of our lives.
“We're at a crisis,” Flowers said. “Healthcare providers, particular ly those in primary care, are finding it very difficult to sustain an independen t practice. We're seeing greater corporatiz ation of our healthcare . Practices are being taken over by these large corporatio ns. You have absolutely no voice when it comes to dealing with the InsuranceC ompany. They tell you what your reimbursem ents will be. They make it incredibly difficult & complex to get reimbursed . The rules are arbitrary & change frequently .”
“This new legislation doesn't change any of that. It doesn't make it easier for doctors. It adds more administra tive complexity . We're going to continue to have a shortage of doctors. As the new law rolls out they're giving waivers as the provisions kick in because corporatio ns like McDonald’s say they can’t comply. Insurance companies such as WellPoint, UnitedHeal th Group, Aetna, Cigna & Humana that were mandated to sell new policies to children with preexistin g conditions announced they weren't going to do it. They said they were going to stop selling new policies to children. So they got waivers from the ObamaAdmin istration allowing them to charge higher premiums. Healthcare costs are going to rise faster.
The CenterForMedicare & MedicaidSe rvices estimated that after the legislatio n passed, our healthcare costs would rise more steeply than if we'd done nothing. The CensusBure au reports that the number of uninsured in the US jumped 10 percent to 51 million people in 2009. About 5.8 million were able to go on public programs, but a third of our population under the age of 65 was uninsured for some portion of 2009. The NationalHe althInsura nceSurvey estimates that we now have 58 or 59 million uninsured. And the trend is toward underinsur ance. These faulty insurance products leave people financiall y vulnerable if they have a serious accident or illness. They also have financial barriers to care. Co-pays & deductible s cause people to delay or avoid getting the care they need. And all these trends will worsen.”
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