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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is anyone the target?![/quote]

But what about the the unaffordable cost of health care and claims that get denied?[/quote]

People except too much.  Sorry, but they do. As a population we are over treated and over medicated.  It’s not sustainable. I’m 40 and I honestly can’t think of a single female friend that isn’t on an SSRI, anti anxiety, or stimulant med.  75% of the population had eaten their way into diabetes, being overweight or obesity. Now we need an expensive drug to fix it because no one wants to eat less.  Women want to wait to have kids into their mid 30s and 40s use IVF. People used to have kids in their 20s or just accept kids weren’t in the cards if it didn’t happen naturally.  Not anymore. I don’t think our problem is healthcare, it’s our expectations. People want to live until 100 and have every single aliment and discomfort alleviated. Getting sick and dying is part of life. Curing and fixing everything on everyone, every time, at all ages (or using up tons of resources trying)  is not sustainable [/quote]

Preventative care is where it's at, that's true. I hope you don't ever have an ailment and discomfort on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the worst pain you've ever felt in your life, and then your health insurance denies your claims.[/quote]

You can both be right.  On an individual level, of course you want you and your loved ones to have the best care.  On a macro level, it’s not sustainable unless people are willing to pay a lot more for health insurance or taxes.  My parent is almost 90 and has a rare painful condition for which they are receiving this incredibly cool new miracle treatment (someone comes to the house) that was only invented in the last year or two and which involves some sort of a lab grown biologic.    And either Medicate or UHC is paying for it—my parent definitely is not!  On a personal level, I’m thrilled.  But man this is expensive.

Recall that in the past decade or so we got rid of preexisting condition exclusions and life time maximums (yay ACA!), required mental health coverage parity, and prohibited surprise billing for out of network services ….. well, it’s not surprising that squeezed balloon is going to pop in other places, which includes insurance trying to cut down on potentially abusive claims.  Something has to give especially if employers and consumers won’t pay more.  I’m sure there are more regulatory solutions needed, but I’m also not optimistic we we’ll get anything sensible inn the next 4 years.[/quote]

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