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Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 07-11-2013, 16:45
Replies: 509
Views: 36,794
Posted By s/v 'Faith'
Re: Affordable Care Act - catastrophic plans cancelled

I am very sorry to hear this is hitting you so hard.

And that, ladies and gentlemen is how this is all cruising related. :(
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 07-11-2013, 06:47
Replies: 509
Views: 36,794
Posted By s/v 'Faith'
Re: Affordable Care Act - catastrophic plans cancelled

Doodles,

I appreciate your post, and the discussion. You make an excellent point, folks receiving SSI (although not so much SSDI) and Medicare have paid into a program and are receiving a...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 07-11-2013, 04:58
Replies: 509
Views: 36,794
Posted By s/v 'Faith'
Re: Affordable Care Act - catastrophic plans cancelled

Richard, you have hit the nail on the head. Someone else has to pay... There are two sides to this coin, not only is the payer having the fruit of their labor taken injustly, but the recipient is...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 05-11-2013, 08:48
Replies: 509
Views: 36,794
Posted By s/v 'Faith'
Re: Affordable Care Act - catastrophic plans cancelled

Not true. I have exclusively paid cash for care for over 2 years. I suspect that the "cash pay" marketplace is going to expand as folks face higher deductibles and scarcity of care.

Today I am...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 05-11-2013, 08:16
Replies: 509
Views: 36,794
Posted By s/v 'Faith'
Re: Affordable Care Act - catastrophic plans cancelled

Actually, you don't have to do that. All you have to do is charge more for insurance to the folks to eat too many. That is the beauty of the free market.

Unless, of course, the government gets...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 05-11-2013, 08:14
Replies: 509
Views: 36,794
Posted By s/v 'Faith'
Re: Affordable Care Act - catastrophic plans cancelled

Not to mention that starting these programs creates an implied contract. Folks pay into social security over a lifetime, that creates a contract that ought to be honored. Medicare is a similar...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 05-11-2013, 08:06
Replies: 509
Views: 36,794
Posted By s/v 'Faith'
Re: Affordable Care Act - catastrophic plans cancelled

This raises another significant issue. I can tell you that I had patients who were on Medicaid. It was often difficult working them into the schedule around all their other appointments. When a...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 05-11-2013, 07:53
Replies: 509
Views: 36,794
Posted By s/v 'Faith'
Re: Affordable Care Act - catastrophic plans cancelled

That is the beautiful thing about the free market. If the Big Mac became too expensive I could opt to cook food at home.... Unless government forced me to buy it.... No one would be "ripping money...
Forum: Liveaboard's Forum 05-11-2013, 07:28
Replies: 509
Views: 36,794
Posted By s/v 'Faith'
Re: Affordable Care Act - catastrophic plans cancelled

It is amazing to me that people accept the idea that someone else ought to "pay your way". If I went into a restaurant and ordered dinner and then explained that the other diners would pay extra so...
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