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[lostforgottensoul]

KS is not so popular as a destination. Smaller labor pool

Kansas as a whole, yeah, but Kansas City area, just like the Orlando area, is super populated and much more competing for jobs there. But, State wide I'd agree. Much less lower populated areas in Florida and that is decreasing every year.

Shoot, there isn't a year here in the Orlando area where they aren't doing construction on something. Before the 1-4 toll lanes it was always something to build it up more. So, ever year it is growing by mounds.

And I have no idea why anyone would want to live here either. Outside of old people and those the grew up here, my question is why in the hell did you want to move here? Tourests I get due to the attractions but what the f*ck made you all move here?

 

[Justmehere]

About healthcare...

This bill in the senate won't affect Medicaid for almost a decade. The current president (and many of these sensations) will be out of office before it impacts Medicaid.

Overall, we are doing now with healthcare isn't working. Insurance premiums are up 140%. That's HUGE. In some areas there is only one private insurance option and Medicaid/Obamacare. Medicaid STINKS. Oh don't even get me started. I don't think we should get rid of it, but I also don't think we should pretend it is a model system we should adopt for everyone.

The situation for working families - Medicaid or outrageously skyrocketing insurance premiums, is a major factor as to why we ended up with Trump. Families with kids loooked at their bills at the end of the month and said enough.

As much as some love Obamacare and want to hang on to it, it is collapsing. It will end. It's only a matter of time.

So we have to decide what comes next.

I don't want to see Medicaid short changed, especially for the poor and disabled. At all. To keep it, I believe we need to shorten the gap between decision makers and those impacted but any cuts. I think we need to leave the choices about Medicaid in the hands of each state.

I have yet to read a single compelling reason why the *federal* government should be running healthcare at all out side of the VA. Ugh, they can't even get the VA to be semi-functional....

I disagree with Senator Mike Lee on many things, but I think he makes a compelling case for a state or individual opt out option here: The Missing Ingredient in BCRA: Humility

It would allow some states to try single payer --- let's see if it works here in the US. Then we will know and can adjust accordingly. It also keeps a bunch of old guys in Washington DC to keep deciding how my health problems will be handled here, thousands of miles away. It isn't working.

 

[lostforgottensoul]

. Insurance premiums are up 140%. That's HUGE.

Yep! Its why I am asking why the f*ck it even needs to touch my group, in both companies. The one I just left and my new job. Both are affected. Id venture a guess that it is all companies, all group insurences, all insurence companies that are affected.

As much as some love Obamacare and want to hang on to it, it is collapsing. It will end. It's only a matter of time.

Yep again. We have at least one entire State without any insurence companies. It will eventually be all of the as insurence companies pull out.

Ugh, they can't even get the VA to be semi-functional....

Nope. My dad waited FOUR MONTHS for hearing loss in one ear. FOUR MONTHS for a f*cking ear Dr! Why?

I have many horrid VA stories. Thats just the most recent.

States need to do more work with healthcarw, if not all of it. Maybe government to oversee and make sure they are doing what they are supposed to but thats all the government need I see.

But, I am also in the opinion of less government is better.

 

[Deleted member 541]

CBO score states that by 2026 49 MILLION people will lose their health ins.

 

[anthony]

Coming from a country where health is free -- it just baffles me why every nation does not provide free health care for all. You add paid healthcare for those who can afford it to jump the line to their own private surgeons and such, for additional benefits, such as optical, dentistry, so forth. But healthcare, should be free / heavily subsidised for all. Rich, poor or other.

We have a sliding scale here. Whilst healthcare is free, that does not mean you don't wait for anything that is not life threatening / less threatening to your health. A fracture will wait if someone comes in with chest pains, for example. Chest pains possibility for heart attack is high, thus on the life threatening scale for survival, it takes precedence at a hospital.

We now have home doctors too for all after hours issues. Totally free, they come to you, check you out in your home, issue prescriptions if needed, off they go. A free service by the Government to lessen the burden on people going to hospitals and such with the cold, flu and other basic health issues that a doctor can diagnose and prescribe at home. Focuses our hospitals and their staff for emergencies, less noise at them, less waiting around from non-life threatening issues.

For life threatening care here -- it does not matter whether you're homeless or the richest person in the state, your medical care will be the same. You might stay in a private room as the rich guy, but the same surgeon will treat both people here.

Every country should be like that IMHO. Health is a basic right.

 

[hodge]

Sadly, we have some congresspeople here who will actually come right out and say that they don't believe health care is a basic human right.

Similarly, the woman who was just voted in in Georgia's special election said she doesn't believe everyone deserves a living wage.

 

[anthony]

Capitalistic country vs. socialistic country. Money matters vs people matter.

 

[Deleted member 541]

@anthony My health insurance may be one of those on the chopping block, but I will do what everyone that will lose theirs is going to do. We will flood the emergency rooms at the hospitals, causing a clusterf*ck and doing nothing but putting a strain on the hospitals to efficiently run.

Supposedly we aren't a 3rd world country, but........... just pisses me off, that we can't get healthcare for everyone and fix the freaking budget too. Maybe if politicians didn't get paid as much as they do????? Or the huge tax breaks for the 1% could probably fund health care..... Oh, don't get me started.

 

[lostforgottensoul]

Coming from a country where health is free -- it just baffles me why every nation does not provide free health care for all

Agreed! I am all fot free or near free healthcare and I would GLADLY pay higher taxes so that we all can have free/near free health care. My dad says "well, those from Canada come to the US for surgeries because they have such long wait periods up there" (or however he says it. If he was here I"d quote him correctly but its near something like that if not exactly that) and you advise how a sliding scale type of system would work. So, I am not for waiting 6 months to fix a broken leg or some shit but at least near free. As near as we can get to not have such issues. Or plan for such issues. Etc.

But, just my personal thoughts. Probably the only socialist thought in my head.

 

[hodge]

It's the huge tax breaks for the 1%.

 

[anthony]

and fix the freaking budget too

Argh... don't worry about that one -- when the time is needed they will have a big recession, print a whole lot of money and reduce their debt that way. :D Whilst still screwing everyone for less health benefits. :hungover:

 

[anthony]

So, I am not for waiting 6 months to fix a broken leg or some shit

A fracture will be fixed here in hours usually. That could mean 1 hour or 12 hours, but they will give you pain help once at the hospital if you have to wait because they have a whole bunch of life threatening situations happening. Kids usually also take precedence, as do the elderly here. They usually assess you within 5 - 30 minutes, then prioritise you, when at the hospital. Weekend evenings are usually the busiest times -- I suspect this is the same the world over though. Those times... timing can go to shit depending on just how much stupid shit happens from drunken / drugged weekend silliness.

There are always the obvious outside these timing cases / situations, depending on many factors.