Heathcare - Why no love for all (1 Viewer)

[roadkill1292]

You don't call it a tax of any kind. You start with the highest rate and offer tax reductions for positive behaviors like not smoking, wellness exams and low BMI, all of which need to be certified by a physician in the system -- which will be all of them. That's not gonna help modify behaviors in those with incomes too low to have a positive tax liability, though.

 

[matttyl]

You don't call it a tax of any kind. You start with the highest rate and offer tax reductions for positive behaviors like not smoking, wellness exams and low BMI, all of which need to be certified by a physician in the system -- which will be all of them. That's not gonna help modify behaviors in those with incomes too low to have a positive tax liability, though.

For what it's worth, I said this is how it should be done if it were implemented in the current ACA system.  Start with the base rate.  You then get discounts (everyone loves the word discounts) for each of those things.  How hard is that?  Reward positive behavior, alter bad behavior. 

 

[lod001]

Here's how ####ed up we are. An inmate sentenced to life in prison - he gets health care for life. You don't. Yep, prisoners get better health care that some hard working citizens.

 Sick prisoners must make a nominal co-payment for each visit to the jailhouse doctor—usually $5 or so, taken from an hourly wage that typically runs between 19 cents and 40 cents an hour. Costs above that are covered by the state. Prisoners get checkups, too, but probably not as often as most people. Incoming inmates always get a physical, blood test and all, to check for diseases or drugs. After that, the period between checkups varies. In Pennsylvania, men under 40 are supposed to get physicals every three years, complete with rectal exam, vision screening, and a risk assessment for chronic diseases. Women get pap and pelvic exams every year. Inmates of both genders older than 60 get a yearly electrocardiogram.

We are so ####ed up.

 

[RCon]

How sure are we that obesity is usually, or even often, a lifestyle choice?

https://www.wired.com/2016/12/mysterious-virus-cause-obesity/?mbid=synd_digg