Comments on: 3 pain points to watch as health reform moves to Senate http://www.hrmorning.com/3-pain-points-to-watch-as-health-reform-moves-to-senate/ Your daily dose of HR Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:43:13 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: The Top 10 HR Benefits Alert Stories of 2009 | HR Morning | Your daily dose of HR http://www.hrmorning.com/3-pain-points-to-watch-as-health-reform-moves-to-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-40138 The Top 10 HR Benefits Alert Stories of 2009 | HR Morning | Your daily dose of HR Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:46:00 +0000 http://www.hrmorning.com/?p=6624#comment-40138 [...] 3 pain points to watch as health reform moves to Senate [...] [...] 3 pain points to watch as health reform moves to Senate [...]

]]> By: Rene' http://www.hrmorning.com/3-pain-points-to-watch-as-health-reform-moves-to-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-33950 Rene' Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:36:40 +0000 http://www.hrmorning.com/?p=6624#comment-33950 Sorry about the bad spelling. Thankfully it didn't cost us a cent! :-) Sorry about the bad spelling. Thankfully it didn’t cost us a cent! :-)

]]> By: Rene' http://www.hrmorning.com/3-pain-points-to-watch-as-health-reform-moves-to-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-33949 Rene' Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:34:54 +0000 http://www.hrmorning.com/?p=6624#comment-33949 I don't understand why they government can't start health care reform with small steps instead of this massive multi-billion dollar "project". They could make one simple law that allows competitive insurance plans. Then another simple law that crubs frivolous law suits, and so forth. One foot in front of the other. Of course, that means they can't slip all kinds of "pork" through the system unnoticed, which would take all the fun out of being in power, wouldn't it? I don’t understand why they government can’t start health care reform with small steps instead of this massive multi-billion dollar “project”. They could make one simple law that allows competitive insurance plans. Then another simple law that crubs frivolous law suits, and so forth. One foot in front of the other. Of course, that means they can’t slip all kinds of “pork” through the system unnoticed, which would take all the fun out of being in power, wouldn’t it?

]]> By: Kelly http://www.hrmorning.com/3-pain-points-to-watch-as-health-reform-moves-to-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-33831 Kelly Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:53:11 +0000 http://www.hrmorning.com/?p=6624#comment-33831 This seems to be a complicated issue. My health insurance is going up at a steady increase of of 20% every year. This year I had to decrease my benefits to afford it. We own a business and provide insurance to our employees. With this increase we have been thinking of letting it go or offering "emergency medical" type plans. If insurance companies continue on this path we will lose our insurance. On the other hand, I was for reforming the health care in our country because of this reason. What the government is coming up with bothers me. They are doing what they do best by complicating the issue and it will cost money to even implement the complicated system! I don't know what the answer is. I really don't think that government wants to kill grandma, but I do believe they are going through this too quickly and trying to appease insurance companies, etc. It is a scary thought if they don't do anything, but even scarier if they implement the proposed plan. This seems to be a complicated issue. My health insurance is going up at a steady increase of of 20% every year. This year I had to decrease my benefits to afford it. We own a business and provide insurance to our employees. With this increase we have been thinking of letting it go or offering “emergency medical” type plans. If insurance companies continue on this path we will lose our insurance.

On the other hand, I was for reforming the health care in our country because of this reason. What the government is coming up with bothers me. They are doing what they do best by complicating the issue and it will cost money to even implement the complicated system! I don’t know what the answer is. I really don’t think that government wants to kill grandma, but I do believe they are going through this too quickly and trying to appease insurance companies, etc. It is a scary thought if they don’t do anything, but even scarier if they implement the proposed plan.

]]> By: JAGGER http://www.hrmorning.com/3-pain-points-to-watch-as-health-reform-moves-to-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-33735 JAGGER Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:58:55 +0000 http://www.hrmorning.com/?p=6624#comment-33735 Watching the arguments for and against closure this past week end, it really came home to me this question: If Health Care Reform is SO important, why do we have to wait 4 years for any benefits to kick in????? Are the people needing help right now just being put on hold? And we have to start paying the taxes (to keep this bill deficit free HA!) in 2010? We all know the answer to that. The government needs the money. And they won't be putting it in a trust fund held for health insurance. Oh NO. It will go right out the door as soon as it is collected. Just like they do with Social Security. Talk about ponsi schemes. Don't some people go to jail for this? This is so blatantly a control move I just don't believe those liberal democrats can't see it. They must now something we don't. Like, don't worry, by 2012 we will have so much control, we can vote to retain our dear President Obama for life. (Just like they did in Venezuela) I would hope one of our Senators would push for an amendment to whatever law is keeping us from the ability to buy insurance from any company that is operating in the United States right now, so competition could begin. We just do not want to have the Status Quo for 4 more years. And if they don't do something about the frivolous lawsuits now, we can look for that to be added when we get a Conservative president (in 1012) along with majority in the Senate. Watching the arguments for and against closure this past week end, it really came home to me this question: If Health Care Reform is SO important, why do we have to wait 4 years for any benefits to kick in????? Are the people needing help right now just being put on hold? And we have to start paying the taxes (to keep this bill deficit free HA!) in 2010? We all know the answer to that. The government needs the money. And they won’t be putting it in a trust fund held for health insurance. Oh NO. It will go right out the door as soon as it is collected. Just like they do with Social Security. Talk about ponsi schemes. Don’t some people go to jail for this?

This is so blatantly a control move I just don’t believe those liberal democrats can’t see it. They must now something we don’t. Like, don’t worry, by 2012 we will have so much control, we can vote to retain our dear President Obama for life. (Just like they did in Venezuela)

I would hope one of our Senators would push for an amendment to whatever law is keeping us from the ability to buy insurance from any company that is operating in the United States right now, so competition could begin. We just do not want to have the Status Quo for 4 more years. And if they don’t do something about the frivolous lawsuits now, we can look for that to be added when we get a Conservative president (in 1012) along with majority in the Senate.

]]> By: Rick http://www.hrmorning.com/3-pain-points-to-watch-as-health-reform-moves-to-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-33704 Rick Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:27:53 +0000 http://www.hrmorning.com/?p=6624#comment-33704 Dianne for President!!!!! Seems like a good way to solve that problem. Dianne for President!!!!!

Seems like a good way to solve that problem.

]]> By: Dianne http://www.hrmorning.com/3-pain-points-to-watch-as-health-reform-moves-to-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-33675 Dianne Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:13:44 +0000 http://www.hrmorning.com/?p=6624#comment-33675 Solution is simple. Just put us under the same health care as our lawmakers. With the influx of participants, rates should be more affordable. Solution is simple. Just put us under the same health care as our lawmakers. With the influx of participants, rates should be more affordable.

]]> By: Melissa http://www.hrmorning.com/3-pain-points-to-watch-as-health-reform-moves-to-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-33414 Melissa Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:56:05 +0000 http://www.hrmorning.com/?p=6624#comment-33414 So if the government takes over healthcare, am I still going to be covered under the plan I have through my employer? They pay my healthcare 100%, do you know how lucky I am. Not to many companies do that. If I want to put my husband and child on they would charge me, but just myself is 100% paid. What are you suppose to do if you can't afford to buy the governement healthcare policy? My parents are both retired and they just went through this. My dad retired and my mom had no insurance coverage. She had a very hard time finding one that they could afford. So if the government takes over healthcare, am I still going to be covered under the plan I have through my employer? They pay my healthcare 100%, do you know how lucky I am. Not to many companies do that. If I want to put my husband and child on they would charge me, but just myself is 100% paid.

What are you suppose to do if you can’t afford to buy the governement healthcare policy? My parents are both retired and they just went through this. My dad retired and my mom had no insurance coverage. She had a very hard time finding one that they could afford.

]]> By: JAGGER http://www.hrmorning.com/3-pain-points-to-watch-as-health-reform-moves-to-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-33412 JAGGER Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:48:37 +0000 http://www.hrmorning.com/?p=6624#comment-33412 Healthcare bill taxes When polling Americans about healthcare, there are ways to get two very different answers to the same question. If you ask people “should everyone be required to have healthcare?” the answer comes back 67% yes, 27% no. But, when the question is rephrased to "should we require everybody to carry insurance, or face a federal penalty?” it flips and 64% say no, and 28% yes. Perhaps if the media would bother reporting on all of the new taxes this plan carries with it, support would dip even lower?) http://www.atr.org/userfiles/111809pr-comptaxreid%282%29.pdf A vote for Obamacare is a vote for THIS For decades progressives have slowly penetrated our education, political, and judicial systems in an attempt to further progressive ideas. To get an idea of what we are in for when Obama brand Progressivism is finally fully implemented, one need look no further than Venezuela and Cuba. Healthcare bill taxes
When polling Americans about healthcare, there are ways to get two very different answers to the same question. If you ask people “should everyone be required to have healthcare?” the answer comes back 67% yes, 27% no. But, when the question is rephrased to “should we require everybody to carry insurance, or face a federal penalty?” it flips and 64% say no, and 28% yes. Perhaps if the media would bother reporting on all of the new taxes this plan carries with it, support would dip even lower?)
http://www.atr.org/userfiles/111809pr-comptaxreid%282%29.pdf

A vote for Obamacare is a vote for THIS For decades progressives have slowly penetrated our education, political, and judicial systems in an attempt to further progressive ideas. To get an idea of what we are in for when Obama brand Progressivism is finally fully implemented, one need look no further than Venezuela and Cuba.

]]> By: Melissa http://www.hrmorning.com/3-pain-points-to-watch-as-health-reform-moves-to-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-33411 Melissa Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:47:50 +0000 http://www.hrmorning.com/?p=6624#comment-33411 No, I have never helped feed the homeless at a shelter. I have stopped to drop food off and I gather food where I work to take to the shelters, but never helped to serve them. So if alot of them are mentally ill, they are not choosing to be that way, correct? I'm guessing, but I bet a lot of them are Veterans? I also have been on welfare, while I worked. There are people that knwo how to work the system, I will not argue that. Maybe someone needs to teach the people that are losing their jobs and homes how to work it. I wish there were a quick fix, but I don't see one. No, I have never helped feed the homeless at a shelter. I have stopped to drop food off and I gather food where I work to take to the shelters, but never helped to serve them.

So if alot of them are mentally ill, they are not choosing to be that way, correct? I’m guessing, but I bet a lot of them are Veterans?

I also have been on welfare, while I worked. There are people that knwo how to work the system, I will not argue that. Maybe someone needs to teach the people that are losing their jobs and homes how to work it.

I wish there were a quick fix, but I don’t see one.

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