Comments on: Health Care Bill Adds to Ohio Budget Woes http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/blog/2009/10/07/health-care-bill-adds-to-ohio-budget-woes/ Up To The Minute Analysis Of Ohio Public Policy Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:34:40 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Tabitha Starks http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/blog/2009/10/07/health-care-bill-adds-to-ohio-budget-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-5257 Tabitha Starks Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:27:46 +0000 http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/blog/?p=4494#comment-5257 "'The Columbus Dispatch has a story today about just how much that cost may be: As Ohio officials try to close an $850 million budget hole, the key U.S. Senate health-care overhaul package could cost Ohio $922 million in additional Medicaid spending in the plan’s first five years.'" Guess what, Marc? If Medicare for all is not passed, which I doubt it will, taxpayers from Ohio and around the nation will still pay for people who go to the emergency room for their health care. "The politicians who are opposing this plan in the face of supposedly strong support from the public are doing a service to the nation. Not everything that is popular is good public policy." A LOT of people are filing for medical bankruptcy because the insurance companies cheat them out of coverage. Or stall to provide coverage (even though they have collected premiums for years, in some cases) and wait for people to die just so they won't have to provide coverage. I hope and pray you, Marc, never find yourself with a chronic disease but without proper health insurance. I hope and pray you never have to file for medical bankruptcy because you or a loved one became sick and your insurance company decides not to cover your treatment(s). Not passing a single-payer, Medicare for all public option is inhumane and immoral. “‘The Columbus Dispatch has a story today about just how much that cost may be:

As Ohio officials try to close an $850 million budget hole, the key U.S. Senate health-care overhaul package could cost Ohio $922 million in additional Medicaid spending in the plan’s first five years.’”

Guess what, Marc? If Medicare for all is not passed, which I doubt it will, taxpayers from Ohio and around the nation will still pay for people who go to the emergency room for their health care.

“The politicians who are opposing this plan in the face of supposedly strong support from the public are doing a service to the nation. Not everything that is popular is good public policy.”

A LOT of people are filing for medical bankruptcy because the insurance companies cheat them out of coverage. Or stall to provide coverage (even though they have collected premiums for years, in some cases) and wait for people to die just so they won’t have to provide coverage.

I hope and pray you, Marc, never find yourself with a chronic disease but without proper health insurance. I hope and pray you never have to file for medical bankruptcy because you or a loved one became sick and your insurance company decides not to cover your treatment(s).

Not passing a single-payer, Medicare for all public option is inhumane and immoral.

]]> By: Marc Kilmer http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/blog/2009/10/07/health-care-bill-adds-to-ohio-budget-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-5194 Marc Kilmer Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:50:36 +0000 http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/blog/?p=4494#comment-5194 I haven't looked at how the poll frames the public option (or, more accurately, the government option), but I doubt many who answered the poll's question truly understand the implications of a government-run health insurance company. People may like the idea of a "public option," but if I doubt they'd like the actual effects of a government-run insurance program. The politicians who are opposing this plan in the face of supposedly strong support from the public are doing a service to the nation. Not everything that is popular is good public policy. I haven’t looked at how the poll frames the public option (or, more accurately, the government option), but I doubt many who answered the poll’s question truly understand the implications of a government-run health insurance company. People may like the idea of a “public option,” but if I doubt they’d like the actual effects of a government-run insurance program.

The politicians who are opposing this plan in the face of supposedly strong support from the public are doing a service to the nation. Not everything that is popular is good public policy.

]]> By: Brennan Donnellan http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/blog/2009/10/07/health-care-bill-adds-to-ohio-budget-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-5193 Brennan Donnellan Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:22:49 +0000 http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/blog/?p=4494#comment-5193 According to the latest poll from The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, 69% of Ohioans support a public health care option. If nearly one out of seven people want it, why are the politicians fighting it? The poll also showed that 65% of Ohioans say doctors should be paid more to prevent and manage chronic diseases than per procedure. The Health Foundation is a non-partisan group, and the Ohio Health Issues Poll is done by the University of Cincinnati. According to the latest poll from The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, 69% of Ohioans support a public health care option. If nearly one out of seven people want it, why are the politicians fighting it? The poll also showed that 65% of Ohioans say doctors should be paid more to prevent and manage chronic diseases than per procedure. The Health Foundation is a non-partisan group, and the Ohio Health Issues Poll is done by the University of Cincinnati.

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