Impeding changes to our Health Care system

Originally Posted by classicman

Good luck with that Merc. These are politicians/lawyers we are talking about here.

I tried to answer the question about Medicare costs and how cutting Medicare Advantage subisides to insurance providers does not mean a cut to seniors..in fact, what the bill does, in effect, is eliminate much of the two-tiered system (basic Medicare + Medicare Advantage) by cutting payments to M-A providers and "pushing" some "enhanced" services back to the basic program. This will particularly benefit seniors in rural areas.

And I tried to answer the question about controlling premium costs through greater competition (and regulation) provided through the Insurance Exchange that will be tied to relative average costs in each market in the country and will require industry concessions in order to particiate in the Exchange.

If you guys dont buy it, thats fine with me.

If you think all of Merc's endless partisan editorials are more accurate, hey, thats fine too.

And if Merc wants to represent himself as the great "consumer advocate"...great, more power to him.

I have said repeatedly, folks should read and listen to all sides, then decide on their own.

But dont think you can bully and bullshit me into playing your game.