Obama Health Reform and Wait Times Visualization (In Lego!)
10000Pennies asked:
In 2006, Massachusetts passed health care reform that implemented a number of policies that are now being mirrored in the Obama health reform plan. The president has repeatedly claimed that his plan will lower health care costs but not decrease health care quality. This visualization looks at how the Massachusetts plan has panned out in terms of cost and wait times. Sources: Wait Times — Merrit Hawkins and Associates 2009 Survey of Physician Appointment Wait Times: www.merritthawkins.com ...
In 2006, Massachusetts passed health care reform that implemented a number of policies that are now being mirrored in the Obama health reform plan. The president has repeatedly claimed that his plan will lower health care costs but not decrease health care quality. This visualization looks at how the Massachusetts plan has panned out in terms of cost and wait times. Sources: Wait Times — Merrit Hawkins and Associates 2009 Survey of Physician Appointment Wait Times: www.merritthawkins.com ...
im sorry but is a cardiologist NOT the person you want to see when you have a potentially lethat heart condition.
When put into context, the 3X higher cost of health insurance in Massachusetts seems reasonable. Also, as far as the average wait times go, you're crazy if you believe it takes 50 days to see your doctor in Boston. The wait times you have displayed in the video are averages from SPECIALTY doctors like cardiologists, dermatologists, etc. So before you go bashing Obama's health care plan, you should put your facts into context.
Your information is misleading. Sure, the average cost of individual health care in Massachusetts may be three times that of Georgia, but have you ever considered that the cost of living may be higher as well? According to Sperling's Best Places to Live, as of 2009, the average cost of living in Massachusetts is 22.18% higher than that of the U.S. average. Georgia, on the other hand, has an average cost of living that is 11.83% LOWER than the U.S. average. {continued in next comment}
AMEN! God Bless Georgia! Better healthcare lower taxes and hardly any liberals
Except in Atlanta an a few other places.
I'm from the Netherlands and if I want to see my physician I just call his assistant and I usually have an appointment the same day or the day after. And yes, in Holland everyone can get treated. Everyone pays an amount per month (on average about 100 euro's) and is covered. If you want extra dental or something like that you pay a little more...simple as that!
I live in Canada...I just made an appointment to see the doctor a week ago. I got an appointment the next day. I don't believe for a second that it takes 50 days to see a doctor in Boston.
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a side from number of days waiting? would rather let people not get seen and have thereselves starve just so their kid can b seen? some people cant even afford 2 go in 2 c regular check ups that could save their lives! so why kill the poor people off just so people that can afford it live? GA and MA are 2 diff STs. & have different amount of age groups & # of clinics am i wrong? ask yourself. if a mom is on the street asking 4 money t2 feed her kids will u say no even though U have the money?
Hahaha, this is the most shitty thing I have ever seen. Your source is an insurance company. Do you live in Boston? I do. I have never had to wait more than a day to see a doctor.
Under Obama's health care policy, Doctor's would make more money. That is why so many are supporting it.
The 3000 pg Mandate HC Trojan Horse Bill made of finely ground ***** & dried urea has something for everyone:
$500,000,000,000 BILLION in Medicare Cuts to Kill, Old People Control, Abortion Control, Gun Control, Punitive Exorbident Taxes & fees, Punitive Fines, Punitive Denial of Access to Millions of Poor, Punitive Restrictive Access for Health Care, Expands gov't 130 New Branches, Wasteful Expensive Burocracy, Long Lethal Delays in Treatment & Record Breaking Intrusion
Kill the Bill...!!!!
Sick. I'm so sorry that happened. Why doesn't the government enact fines against such unethical practices instead of re-vamping our whole healthcare system with an experiment that's more of a problem than a solution. Geeze!
mainestategop- yeah not to mention there is a tax (a.k.a. FINE) if you don't BUY coverage (2.5% paid to IRS) it's estimated to cost @$1,800 per person per yr. you don't COMPLY!!! Lame!
it doesn't suprise me i knew from the beginning that he was a communist, and a puppet
We need to eliminate private health insurance companies from even being at the table... There a bunch of scum ******* pigs...
Even Michael Moore hates Obama's healthcare plan. ITS NOT EVEN FREE! ITS MANDATORY TO BUY FROM THOSE BIG EVIL COMPANIES EVEN IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD IT!
From each according to his own inability to pay, from each reguardless of need. I think even Lenin would go nuts!
That... Should tell us something about Obama...
He is referring to specialist doctors, not primary care physicians. The Reform only helps with prevention. The first priority of the health care reform is to treat people who are sick now. Prevention will not help the people who are currently sick. The government has already made a disaster of the H1N1 vaccine distribution. Should the Health care reform bill pass the health care system will be just like the H1N1 waiting lines.
I live in Atlanta and the longest I've ever waited for an appointment was one week. Usually, I get one in just a day or two.
everything is a deception to you tin foil hats. keep smoking that blunt.
My question is, how was the health care before the privatisation.
Obama acts like he was elected or something.
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like if the wait time wasn't long enough. Same reason why my father died from Malpractice. They wouldn't send him a Neurologist without proof of Insurance. Finally after being threatened forcefully they began working on him 3 days later and refused to Transport him to a better Hospital. The Hospital didn't have enough Surgeons and Beds so he died from Staff infection he got while being in the Hospital those fuckers had the nerve to send a 55 dollar bill for u guessed it? Unsanitary bandages.
This Bill is a deception of the Illuminati Elite, that is all I'm gonna say. If you want more email me and I'll discuss why this Bill will eventually lead us into a New World Order.
Your people are much more laid back, much smaller population with less problems too.
Hey realdck I didn't see any wiki sources cited there. Just professional ones usually referenced at the end of that wonderful video. That sadly he had to dumb down for people like you. Oh by the way, I know the author, good friend, married, owns his own home, pays taxes, oh and health insurance too!