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Trump 'fixing' healthcare then.... on 16:40 - Feb 25 by StokieBlue
Won't a lot in that age bracket have health insurance so unfortunately they won't care?
SB
No, because health insurance policies are reassessed annually. The coverage, terms and cost can vary greatly year-to-year. Also, the majority of folks get their health insurance through their employers. Each year, employers renegotiate healthcare insurance packages/costs/contribution levels on behalf of their employees, and often switch policy providers altogether.
FYI, as of last year, approx 9% of Americans aged 45-64 had no health insurance at all, private or public (source: CDC/NCHS). As you'd expect, this varies greatly according to income, ethnicity and other common socio-economic tags.
But it's not just about cost. One of the most crucial parts of Obamacare was the guarantee that people with pre-existing conditions cannot be blocked from getting coverage. However, Team Trump seems intent on returning to the bad old days whereby insurance companies can legally turn away applicants with chronic illnesses. Imagine you currently get health insurance via your employer, and you are receiving treatment for, say, prostate cancer? Well, if you were to lose your job for any reason (and hence your health insurance) then, without that guarantee of access, you would probably have a hard time finding another policy provider that would take you on.
Trump 'fixing' healthcare then.... on 16:40 - Feb 25 by StokieBlue
Won't a lot in that age bracket have health insurance so unfortunately they won't care?
SB
My American friend tells me the cost of annual check-ups to maintain his health insurance is becoming a majot outlay for him & his family & if the chekcs don't get done the insirance becomes nul& void
Trump 'fixing' healthcare then.... on 23:31 - Feb 25 by horsehollerer
No, because health insurance policies are reassessed annually. The coverage, terms and cost can vary greatly year-to-year. Also, the majority of folks get their health insurance through their employers. Each year, employers renegotiate healthcare insurance packages/costs/contribution levels on behalf of their employees, and often switch policy providers altogether.
FYI, as of last year, approx 9% of Americans aged 45-64 had no health insurance at all, private or public (source: CDC/NCHS). As you'd expect, this varies greatly according to income, ethnicity and other common socio-economic tags.
But it's not just about cost. One of the most crucial parts of Obamacare was the guarantee that people with pre-existing conditions cannot be blocked from getting coverage. However, Team Trump seems intent on returning to the bad old days whereby insurance companies can legally turn away applicants with chronic illnesses. Imagine you currently get health insurance via your employer, and you are receiving treatment for, say, prostate cancer? Well, if you were to lose your job for any reason (and hence your health insurance) then, without that guarantee of access, you would probably have a hard time finding another policy provider that would take you on.
Genuinely interested as I can't really get my head around the US health thing.
1/ What would happen to the prostrate cancer bloke?
2/ Say you never had health care and suffered a heart attack in the street, what happens?
3/ You have no health care and develop lung cancer, what happens?
I know I struggle with Uncle Sam but I really can't understand how mad they are re health care
“Hello, I'm your MP. Actually I'm not. I'm your candidate. Gosh.”
Boris Johnson canvassing in Henley, 2005.
Trump 'fixing' healthcare then.... on 07:46 - Feb 26 by No9
My American friend tells me the cost of annual check-ups to maintain his health insurance is becoming a majot outlay for him & his family & if the chekcs don't get done the insirance becomes nul& void
It's all very silly.
Richest country in the world doesn't have NHS due to power of health insurance lobbiests but can spend 2bn on each stealth bomber.
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