Comments on: Does Congress Care What Voters Think? http://healthblog.ncpa.org/does-congress-care-what-voters-think/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Tue, 22 May 2012 22:14:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Joe S. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/does-congress-care-what-voters-think/comment-page-1/#comment-54418 Joe S. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:44:55 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=9141#comment-54418 If the poll is accurate, The Democrats are pursuing a losing strategy. They're whole message is: government is better than insurance companies. If the poll is accurate, The Democrats are pursuing a losing strategy. They’re whole message is: government is better than insurance companies.

]]> By: Devon Herrick http://healthblog.ncpa.org/does-congress-care-what-voters-think/comment-page-1/#comment-54399 Devon Herrick Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:24:46 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=9141#comment-54399 It is easy to understand why people might believe insurers have an incentive to deny treatments of marginal value if doing so was unlikely to harm members. But it’s encouraging that people also realize even a benevolent government cannot ensure all decisions are in peoples’ best interest. It is easy to understand why people might believe insurers have an incentive to deny treatments of marginal value if doing so was unlikely to harm members. But it’s encouraging that people also realize even a benevolent government cannot ensure all decisions are in peoples’ best interest.

]]> By: artk http://healthblog.ncpa.org/does-congress-care-what-voters-think/comment-page-1/#comment-54352 artk Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:21:59 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=9141#comment-54352 If that poll is true, and I’d like to see the details published to show it isn’t a push poll designed to get a predetermined outcome. When the Kaiser Foundation asked which health care system participant do you trust to put your interests above their own, 78% said doctors, 68% said Medicare and 48% said private insurance. Of course, during the tea parties and the town hall meeting it was common to see people protesting to keep out any government involvement in their Medicare so I could see that poll as proof of the ignorance of large parts of the public. The reality is that the people who review reimbursements at health insurance companies are paid bonuses based on how they minimize medical loss ratios. In other words, every treatment they deny means puts money it their pockets. So, if you say that you trust an insurance company, just remember that someone directly profits from denying you care If that poll is true, and I’d like to see the details published to show it isn’t a push poll designed to get a predetermined outcome. When the Kaiser Foundation asked which health care system participant do you trust to put your interests above their own, 78% said doctors, 68% said Medicare and 48% said private insurance. Of course, during the tea parties and the town hall meeting it was common to see people protesting to keep out any government involvement in their Medicare so I could see that poll as proof of the ignorance of large parts of the public.

The reality is that the people who review reimbursements at health insurance companies are paid bonuses based on how they minimize medical loss ratios. In other words, every treatment they deny means puts money it their pockets. So, if you say that you trust an insurance company, just remember that someone directly profits from denying you care

]]> By: Vicki http://healthblog.ncpa.org/does-congress-care-what-voters-think/comment-page-1/#comment-54348 Vicki Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:55:36 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=9141#comment-54348 Hard to believe this. Hard to believe this.

]]> By: Stephen C. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/does-congress-care-what-voters-think/comment-page-1/#comment-54347 Stephen C. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:53:32 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=9141#comment-54347 WOW. What a chart! WOW. What a chart!

]]> By: Bruce http://healthblog.ncpa.org/does-congress-care-what-voters-think/comment-page-1/#comment-54346 Bruce Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:42:53 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=9141#comment-54346 Fascinating. Obama's atacks on private insurance have made people trust the insurance companies even more than they did before -- especially vis-a-vis the government. Fascinating. Obama’s atacks on private insurance have made people trust the insurance companies even more than they did before — especially vis-a-vis the government.

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