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ObamaCare: We've Only Just Begun
Chris_:
--- Quote ---Bob has been cancer-free now for more than five years.
But, of course, he still needs the checkups and MRI scans.
So a couple weeks ago, he called to make an appointment for a scan. The person he talked to told him that he could schedule the scan, but that he would have to pay for it out of his pocket - it was no longer covered by Medicare.
"They told me that you can only have the scan if you have certain symptoms or a diagnosis and mine didn't qualify," Bob told me. "They said it was part of the new healthcare deal."
Turns out, the new Medicare guidelines regarding Bob's scans are not technically part of ObamaCare.
They're part of the Medicare Modernization Act, which took affect June 1. But the whole reason for the MMA was to curtail services and cut costs to help pay for ObamaCare.
So even though technically it's separate from ObamaCare, it's driven by ObamaCare.
Under the new guidelines, once you've been "signs, symptoms and treatment free" for six months, you can't get the scans paid for under Medicare.
Lots of cancer patients - breast cancer survivors, for example - are beyond six months without symptoms or treatment and still need these scans.
In the meantime, the scans aren't covered.
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http://www.timesuniononline.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=225&ArticleID=49163&TM=38204
true_blood:
Such a disgrace!! The best health care system in the World and they go and screw it up. What do you expect from liberals and commies though?!?!
Also, that line about if you like your current doctor, you can keep your current doctor, is A LIE!!!! :censored:
debk:
A friend that's had a double mastectomy, had to have scans done the first year and a half, every 3 months, then went to every 6 months until she hit the 5 yr mark.
When she retired, she lost her insurance coverage, because of pre-existing conditions, then got breast cancer, and now the Medicare is covering less? Somehow that doesn't seem right for a person that worked her entire adult life. :(
Beau Geste:
--- Quote from: debk on August 08, 2010, 12:09:18 AM ---A friend that's had a double mastectomy, had to have scans done the first year and a half, every 3 months, then went to every 6 months until she hit the 5 yr mark.
When she retired, she lost her insurance coverage, because of pre-existing conditions, then got breast cancer, and now the Medicare is covering less? Somehow that doesn't seem right for a person that worked her entire adult life. :(
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Sounds about right for this administration... she's no longer a taxpayer so she doesn't deserve care.
in fact, that about sums up the whole of liberal respect for life. The unborn and elderly don't pay taxes, therefore they must not survive.
JohnnyReb:
--- Quote from: Beau Geste on August 28, 2010, 11:06:59 PM ---Sounds about right for this administration... she's no longer a taxpayer so she doesn't deserve care.
in fact, that about sums up the whole of liberal respect for life. The unborn and elderly don't pay taxes, therefore they must not survive.
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Young and fit for work....go this way.
Old, sick or to young for work.....go this way.
Sounds a little (lot) like the Nazi death camp selections don't it.
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