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From: SMS on 9 Apr 2010 13:18
On 09/04/10 9:51 AM, TibetanMonkey, Originator of the Banana Kung-Fu wrote:

> Medicare around here is rife with corruption, so at some point the cow
> must be sacrificed.

The changes to Medicare Advantage are going to root out a lot of the
corruption. This is an area rife with companies milking the system, and
it will be more difficult and less profitable for the for-profit
companies to continue doing what they're doing now. The big winners are
the non-profit HMOs that have been honest while the for-profits have not.

One other big plus in the legislation is that they're going to increase
the absurdly low Medicaid reimbursements to physicians up to the same
level as the Medicare reimbursements.

One step at a time. The legislation that passed, while no Republicans
voted for it, is really very conservative legislation, very similar to
what Mitt Romney did in MA. As the Republican party continues to
self-destruct because of the tea-baggers, and as corporate America gets
behind health care reform, there will be more changes.
From: TibetanMonkey, Originator of the Banana Kung-Fu on 10 Apr 2010 21:00
On Apr 10, 8:29 pm, thea <thea.n...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:26 PM, TibetanMonkey,

> > The Bible implies, "Hey, it's a jungle out there, so you are on your
> > own, baby!"
>
> I worked in that jungle 40 years. It was interesting and in a heartbeat you
> could lose everything you ever worked for.
> There are a whole lot of people still working in that jungle as you state.
> And, they are making a good living -- howbeit, it still stands -
> That Work for your grub and no one can take your food off your plate unless
> you personally give it to them.

There's people who thrive in that jungle, and there's people who die
in that jungle, and there's people who simply survive in that jungle.
Some fall due to bad luck (hey, globalization is tough), some due to
illness, and there's no nothing you can do but it but to expect the
"miracle" of medical care. Perhaps they die and get it over with,
while the vast majority barely survives fearing illness or lay off.

That's life in the jungle, but in the end we all die, even the
vultures that most benefit from it.

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