Ontario's Health Insurance Plan would kill me and several of my friends.
I have a rare disease, and my meds run about $30k monthly. I take three
meds daily.
My friend Cindy Waters-Goodman is losing this option because she lives in
Ontario. The Globe and Mail has already locked up the story, but
(unfortunately) National Review has a good shot at it at
http://healthcare.nationalreview.com/post/?q=M2ZjMTk2NDllN2Y5MTMwMTdjOWVkODY3YTM4ZDU2ZGU
Briefly, Ontario pays for only one treatment, and if you have private
insurance which pays for one, then they pay for none. She needs two. I
need three.
We need reform. This isn't it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rev. Stewart Marshall" <popoz...@earthlink.net>
To: <COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM>
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Evil people [Was: Re: [CGUYS] FCC head calls for
broadband availability]
Check out OHIP (Ontario Health Insurance Plan)
I think they have the same rates you quote Tom.
By the way it is done very similarly to what the insurance plans do down
here.
They negotiate a set rate with Doctors and Hospitals etc.
The biggest difference is that they limit technology. Where we might have
1 CT machine and MRI for 25K they would be 1 CT machine and MRI to 250K.
One statistic that has been shown to be true down here, is introduce more
technology and doctors use it, plus are encouraged to use it to justify
costs of obtaining it.
Stewart
At 06:13 PM 3/1/2010, you wrote:
Bad math. Government run heath care (here and abroad) has overhead of
around 3%. Private insurance companies in the US have overhead of
around 30%. That difference is 27% of total premiums. Quite a big
chunk of change.
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net
Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org
Ozark, AL SL 82
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