Repeal The Health Care Bill - What Will The Final Bill Look Like?

Most agree the final version of the bill will look more like the Senate Bill than the House version. But what main elements will be there? Public Option? 55 to 64 Medicare? Fed funding for abortion? Who knows.

But what we do know is that it will cost way more then anyone will ever predict. Congress has never come "under budget" on anything. Ever. Have they?

And what about Medicare cuts to balance the bottom line? How deep will those cuts go? Medicare Advantage? Will it be totally cut out?

Then there's the aspect of the spiraling national debt, congress raising the debt ceiling, questions of health care rationing, health care access, diminishing payments to doctors and the list goes on.

Now, what is hidden in the bill that no one is talking about?

Pork time for Congress. Not to mention what may be going on behind the closed doors, secret meetings with Obama, Dems, dollars for a vote, corruption, greed, and basic stupidity.

That's not change we can believe in.

Wake up America!

Democrats and the Health Care Debate - What to Believe?

This weekend the Democrats are saying on the one hand - $400 billion in Medicare cuts to pay for the health care reform bill, and on the other hand - These cuts will strengthen Medicare by eliminating waste, overpayments, and inefficiency.

Is it just me or is there a total lack of logic and reason in this approach? Haven't we been trying to reduce waste and overpayments for years? How will cutting $400 Billion from Medicare make it more efficient? How will cutting Medicare by $400 Billion make it less wasteful or prevent overpayments? Maybe there will be less money in the system to waste in the first place but in the end, there will be less money to go around for an already strained program. That translates into longer waits for patients, higher copays, less care, fewer diagnostic tests, denied coverage, and fewer doctors.

Health Care Reform and MediCare

Senior Citizens should keep an eye on the debate and the bill. The bill presently cuts many areas of Medicare. One of the cuts includes payments to doctors. Some amendments are in the works to postpone the cuts to doctors providing care to Medicare patients. But if payments to doctors are cut, the unintended consequence would be an exodus of doctors providing care to seniors. Fewer doctors, longer waits for appointments and more out of pocket expenses for those who can least afford it.

The Medicare Rights Center, a non-profit consumer service organization, has reported that eight states are having a tough time finding doctors who will accept Medicare patients. This started in 2002 when payments to doctors were cut by 5.4 percent. Those states include Texas, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Arizona, Missouri, Tennessee, Virginia, and New Mexico. The survey done by the Center said that the reason doctors gave the patients for not accepting them was the lower payments.