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In reply to the discussion: Senate's No. 2 Democrat calls for cuts to social safety net [View all]pangaia
(24,324 posts)Last edited Thu Nov 29, 2012, 09:33 PM - Edit history (1)
'cutting costs'.... as soon as it was known that the Affordable Care Act was a done deal my medicare Supplement premiums went up-well, starting in 2013. So did co-pays, out of pocket max, etc...and I have a pretty good insurance company, if there is such a thing as a good' insurance company... so 'saving costs, while a very good thing, will still cost the insured.
Also, some of the doctors in the practice where I have my PCP have stopped taking new medicare patients because of coming cuts to their reimbursement... AND I think this is a good practice.. They have over 100 requests/week from new patients and have to really pick and choose which patients they take..the old folks on medicare usually get the short end of the stick.
I am not complaining about nor supporting the ACA,, just offering my experience with 'cost cutting'...
SINGLE PAYER FOR ALL !!!! like almost all the other industrialized countries in the world..