It is way more complex, than just that narrow statement, ob.
The whole thing seems to be a major deception, but that may be a whole nother thread.
How will ppl who, cannot/do not pay their medical bills, going to pay for higher premiums, bigger deductible/out of pocket, and then still pay the doctors or healthcare facility?
Everyone has griped through this whole roll out thing, about what they are going to have to pay.......
The ones that do pay their med bills, they pay them. The ones that don't pay their med bills, don't pay them. I don't see this bill insuring, the medical providers get paid. Sebelius was the Insurance commissioner of Kansas, for dog's sake, you mean to tell me, she gouldn't tell Obama how to spin this, TRUTHFULLY to the public? While he may be no insurance expert, SHE sure is!
I have yet, heard one argument, as to how do the doctors and providers feel about this bill? If the enrollment website don't work, do you think the provider billing software is going to be better? What is normally, a bi-weekly or monthly turn-a-round of claims and money, turns in to "wait 90 days for claims processing" by inept workers, on a system that fails and crashes....... I don't know what could become. If there are any providers here, it would be interesting to know, if you have been informed as to, HOW will you bill your claims?(that's just another small issue, Obama, sebelius and them keeping everyone on the dark about too, or, are they just gonna wait till we get to needing to process claims, to make the software and see if it works?)
No one wants to pay higher premiums and deductibles, do you really believe, this will make ppl get healthcare and pay for it?
The rollout for enrollment is a disaster, a 600 million dollar disaster! Medicare already has billions, they have paid out in fraud(so much for a government run system). IRS is paying out millions in fraudulent claims, and they don't even seem to care, about collecting from those that owe legitimate taxes. I don't trust their system with my most pertinent info, and their past performance on some programs, and the blind eye they turn, or is it just their ineptness at truly looking at the problem, and effectively deal with it, that causes me to feel this way?
You don't keep throwing good money after bad. I believe when all this pans and washes out, we will see many millions of dollars, that have disappeared, been misappropriated, and just blatantly wasted! You can't make ppl care about their health and take a pro active roll in the process, that don't care about their health(until they get sick).
Just look at your news headlines, and "what's trending", to see what ppl in this country worry about.......
sorry bout long rant, it is a very complex issue, and I just don't have all the answers. I do think saying the insurance companies are responsible for ppl not paying their medical bills, is like saying guns are responsible for ppl killing ppl.
Somewhere, there is a disconnect.......
