The sad thing is that what the government pays out as acceptable claims is the model for the rest of the insurance industry. They won’t pay anymore than what the government does. So in short, the problem with most insurers is not their coverage, but the government caps. Denials are not uncommon. Doctors do appeal them and many times they are allowed. SO I am not sure if the denial rate for private insurers was taken as the “final” word or just the initial denial.

“I just bought a new car and man I got a deal, $50k off sticker price!”

“So how much was it?”

“Just $3,550,000!”

Oh .. I almost forgot .. There is no Baucus Bill

The CBO scored the “concept” not an actual bill.

Yesterday Rush was saying that AskHeritage.org had a stat that Medicaid, turned down more claims than any of the insurance companies.

Yep, and here’s the source: AMA Endorses Largest Denier of Health Care Claims.

Voters understand! That is why there is such a resistance. The estimated savings is indeed (from Hotel9 above) a bald faced lie!

“will shave a whopping $81 billion off the federal deficit by 2019.”

This is a bald faced lie. Period. Full stop.

I agree with you Hotel. This is a bald face lie. You see the Base Realignment of 2005 told everyone that it would save 50 billion in 20 years. Now that it is almost all said and done, we find out it will only save 5 billion in that same period of time. Congress was sold a bill of goods, that is and was completely pointless. It cost way more than it was originally intended, and it was more about consolidating power, than it was actually about function. And in no way was it worth the loss of personel, and experience for the lack of a gain. Basically, it was an idiotic thing to do, much like this health care problem.

Yesterday Rush was saying that AskHeritage.org had a stat that Medicaid, turned down more claims than any of the insurance companies. Yet these buffoons want me to believe that they ain’t gonna pull the plug on Grandma. Whatever. – Lorica

This is a bald faced lie. Period. Full stop.

And I agree with you Sister, where’s all this transparency that was touted by Obama…oh, my mistake, we are now dealing with a democratic congress that protects tax cheats and has no problems hiding their agenda in an avalanche of detailed legislative jargon.

Simply put….do the math. This whole plan only adds up to outrageous debt on the backs of ALL Americans…so maybe they should rename the plan and call it what it is….social engineering scheme. They have all the senior citizens scared out of their wits and they were mandated to have Medicare, or else, now their benefits will be moderated and decreased to accommodate the majority of Americans. How fair is that.

In the end didn’t the CBO say only 94% of ALL Americans would be covered by the bill? So who are the unfortunate 6%?

Besides, the bill, or anything looking like it, has no chance in the House.

I agree: it’s caught between the Scylla of the Blue Dogs who are afraid for their jobs, should they vote for a public option, and the Charybdis of the Progressives who won’t settle for anything less.