Texas Drifter: Private Sector Dark Side of Obama Care - Part I
Marshall’s Law Dateline – Part I “Private Sector Dark Side of Obama Care” Introduction begins a six part series originally entitled “Let Them Eat Granite” which provides insights into contemporary America’s health care for truly indigent not public subsidy addicts, and America’s older citizens. Parts II through V represent earlier writings “Let Them Eat Granite” while Part VI a non-fiction short story is entitled “Lost Good Years”.
Contemporary examples will reflect America as no longer being a country dominated by its Judeo-Christian traditions, values, and principles. Perhaps Americans should turn away from depending on evil among us, Marxist-fascist Progressive Liberal Democrats, RINOs, their allies and collaborators.
On to this six part writing exercise theme. Obama, his administration, along with RINOs are both stopping and cutting back re-imbursements for public medical services, mostly to middle class and veterans. While these changes are causing some to get out of private health care industry, changes are also turning some other private health care professionals into thieves (not saying “all” rather “some” enough for consumers to be warned). Results of these practices are creation of predators for quick profits which approach private and public health care services both based on fraud.
Examples
1. Case, doctor informed patient they had cancer and doctor had already scheduled surgery; second opinion after more tests indicated patient did not have cancer and only needed different diet.
2. Different case, different doctor informed patient they had cancer and needed immediate surgery; second opinion indicated patient did not have cancer and only needed certain medicines and different diet.
3. Third unrelated case, different doctor informed patient they had life threatening cancer and needed surgery; after surgery, patient learned they did not have pre-cancer or need surgery.
4. Case, doctor and his referral informed patient he needed pace maker as soon as possible. Second opinion, all patient needed was change of diet and new exercise routine – two years later patient is healthier than they have been for years with out pace maker.
Common denominator for all four above cases was patients had “great” health insurance policies.
5. Hospitals are setting up their own non-profit organizations to help cover costs of indigent health care by seeking tax write off donations; then after covering patients’ bills with donations; hospitals sell patient’s notes to bill collectors to make profits on indigents’ health care bills.
6. Increasing costs of patients’ tests up by five hundred percent to thousand percent.
7. Doubling patients’ prescription costs by one hundred percent or more.
8. Emergency rooms engage in minimal admission health care at inflated costs then dismiss patient so they can “go die somewhere else” knowing full well patient will not receive additional health care.
9. Reader can add own examples of private sector predator health care policies.
Some solutions
1. Minimum two sometimes three “diagnosis” evaluations.
2. Patient can get “prescription” for tests then find own testing “source” which reports test results to their physician. (Savings can be one hundred percent or more.)
3. Just because patient pays less or has good insurance for services does not mean services are needed.
4. Just because patient “settles” bill, does not mean unpaid balance will not be sold to bill collector which can ruin patient’s credit history. Patient should get in writing that account will be settled in full. Lawyer can answer, if facility later sells “unpaid bill”; if facility should be sued for slander or libel depending on attorney’s advice. Everyone seems to hate “shark” attorneys until they need their services.
5. Shop around for medical services especially lowest prescription prices.
6. Especially good idea provided by Texas Drifter reader for older citizens, first start my making copy of prescription note from doctor. Leave prescription with pharmacist; when picking up prescription; save receipts; take order to possibly retired volunteer nurses at church or community center to make sure quantity, dosage, and picked up medicines match those on copy of original prescription. More details of program can be provided later. One thing to closely examine is quantity of “heavy pain killer meds”. Why shorting each prescription few or more pills, provides good black market supply for re-sale.
7. Have someone, like nurses seeking to make extra money are good at reviewing medical bills.
8. Have doctor explain your: medical condition; cause of medical condition; treatment of medical condition; possible outcome of treatment; and all options in language you can understand not in terms only another doctor could understand. Remember medical professionals are your client/s. Also explain to doctor that you want honesty not feel good flower excrement. There is truth in concept that reason many doctors get sued in health care industry is their rude obnoxious “bed side manner”.
9. Reader should avoid “prescription cocktails” for their loved ones which can occurs; when doctors prescribe medications with out checking what other doctors serving same patient have prescribed.
10. As always, reader can add to list.
Reader should also consider opposing non-accountable legislation for health care professional individuals being incompetent or negligent. Such legislation excludes those not accountable. Entire neighborhoods do not get cited because one person receives speeding ticket.
Good honest private health care professionals are not the problem. These individuals need to be compensated for their skills and expertise. Problem is public sector interference in private healthcare market place; plus incompetent, greedy, corrupt private sector health care predators.
Recall societies are judged by quality of indigent health care. In South Texas, there are some Mexican doctors allowed to practice in America; whose business and diagnosis practices are guided by ethnic prejudices and contempt for non-Hispanic indigent and older patients. Processes should be established to identify and prohibit these ethnic and race haters from practicing health care in America.
Reader needs to understand that getting old is not for wussies. Patients still have to deal with health care mess created by Obama’s Medicare death squads; and Texas Governor Perry’s Medicaid death panels. Perry’s Medicaid death panels use “appeals” processes to delay entitled benefits until patient dies to save Texas coffers money. How much of a low life does one have to be for Perry’s bureaucrats to kill injured or disabled for merit raises? Reader can come up with their own answer.
Reader might ask why Texas Drifter writes about Private Sector Dark Side of Obama Care? Answer is simple; Marxist-fascist Progressive Liberal Democrats like Obama and their closet allies RINOs are always trying to assassinate America’s Judeo-Christian traditions, values, principles, ethical capitalism, core documents, and middle class on many, many other fronts beyond gun control, and amnesty for cheap labor.
Translation: that’s right soul less children born of female canines and Satin itself are trying to destroy Heaven’s favorite republic on as many fronts as evil among us can.
Reader’s assignment question: worst ethical capitalism is still infinitely better than Marxist-fascist class warfare hatreds and or RINO greed based fascism. Should be obvious best economic system for Heaven’s favorite republic is Judeo-Christian ethical capitalism. TRUE or FALSE
Editor’s Note: As recited before, Americans can always exercise first Bill of Right to try and disprove or re-affirm above and as well as any other Texas Drifter writing exercise.
