Comments on: Breaking News: Gov Signs Health Cost/Quality Bill, Including Drug Marketing Reforms http://blog.hcfama.org/2008/08/10/breaking-news-gov-signs-health-costquality-bill-including-drug-marketing-reforms/ The Ultimate Massachusetts Health Care Insider Information Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:02:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: lotsakats1 http://blog.hcfama.org/2008/08/10/breaking-news-gov-signs-health-costquality-bill-including-drug-marketing-reforms/#comment-1919 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:38:19 +0000 http://blog.hcfama.org/?p=1797#comment-1919 A victory – get real people. Please stop focusing on INSURANCE and focus on what’s really needed HEALTHCARE. I have an insurance plan because I am required by law to have one. It’s the only one my employer is qualified to offer me, I’m the only one of her 6 employees who has it. I’m working part time, I can’t afford the premiums, much less the $1000 deductible, I have no prescription, dental, optical coverage. I probably wouldn’t be covered for a hearing aid if I needed one and none of that would count towards my deductible. I can go to the Dr and pay my $20 copay, but none of the tests she wants me to have are covered and I can’t afford them. Even if I could I wouldn’t be able to afford any of the medication needed to treat what was ever wrong.

So many people focus on INSURANCE and forget about the actual coverage. Let everyone pay a percentage of whatever salary they make and loose the paperwork and restrictions. Let them go where they need to go, see who they need to see, get the drugs they need, get the care they need. As long as we focus on INSURANCE and not HEALTH CARE nothing will change – it will still be the same complicated mess of paperwork and restrictions we have to deal with now, we’ll just be calling it something else.

]]> By: Prescription Project » Blog Archive » Gov. Patrick signs MA cost containment bill, pharma restrictions http://blog.hcfama.org/2008/08/10/breaking-news-gov-signs-health-costquality-bill-including-drug-marketing-reforms/#comment-1918 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:52:54 +0000 http://blog.hcfama.org/?p=1797#comment-1918 [...] our coalition cousins in the Massachusetts Prescription Reform Coalition, cheered the signing on A Healthy Blog, reminding us that the bill is a victory not just for better pharmaceutical marketing practices in [...]

]]> By: Commonhealth » Blog Archive » Governor Patrick Signs Health Care Costs bill with new Medical Industry Regs http://blog.hcfama.org/2008/08/10/breaking-news-gov-signs-health-costquality-bill-including-drug-marketing-reforms/#comment-1917 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:08:41 +0000 http://blog.hcfama.org/?p=1797#comment-1917 [...] Care for All and other consumer groups are celebrating the Governor’s decision. More tomorrow…. This entry is filed under About this blog. You can follow any responses [...]

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