tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post8428666949243537343..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: Send a Message to Congress: Don't Cut Access to Healthcare for Medicare PatientsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-51042969179956588262011-10-09T13:59:54.222-04:002011-10-09T13:59:54.222-04:00I agree that physicians are being mistreated by th...I agree that physicians are being mistreated by the government (and insurance companies).<br />However, as a 60 year old, I find it scary that social security and medicare are in such bad shape and I hope enough is done to keep these plans afloat. I paid through the nose into these plans for my entire working career, usually at the top end of what is collected, and now that I approach the age when I need the benefit of plans they are starting to fail. People over 65 can't afford health care insurance coverage because insurance companies jack up the prices so steeply as one ages. If the government stops these programs, seniors will have NO medical coverage at all because they won't be able to afford it. I already pay more than $1,200 a month at age 60 for a plan with a $2,500 deductible. What would it cost if I were 75 or 80?Sunny CAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11451116932556227816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-22704647836994194292011-10-08T20:14:53.115-04:002011-10-08T20:14:53.115-04:00bravo! thank you for this.
http://pocketshrink.bl...bravo! thank you for this.<br /><br />http://pocketshrink.blogspot.comLizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11830164099906188153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-69567797316262047112011-10-08T18:51:47.718-04:002011-10-08T18:51:47.718-04:00Boy are you right, Roy. The Medicare price structu...Boy are you right, Roy. The Medicare price structure is (I think) what stimulated the doctors in Florida to start the Boutique Medicine idea. I think everyone ultimately loses the way reimbursements etc work in medical care, and psychiatrists come out badly, as do pediatricians and others who do not have expensive procedures to boost their incomes.<br /><br />I am not pretending I know what to do - I have no idea - but I know the system is quite broken.jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11077223398907532291noreply@blogger.com