Will "Obamacare" hurt your chances of being treated for colon cancer?

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  1. waltky

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    Obamacare,the PPACA, would only hurt your chances of tratment if you can't afford your deductible or have failed to meet your out of pocket for the year.
    More specifically, say your go to the doctor, you can likely affordnthatnas most insurance covers doctor visits in their office minus your copayment which is normally 10-50.00. If he suspect you have a problem with your colon he will refer you to mm specialist that will likely run tests that often are performed on an tpatie or at a radiology clinic, again these tests are subject to your deductible, if not met you must pay upfront. The tests may indicate possible colon cancer at which time you will need to be hospitalized for a biopsy only if your insurance approves the procedure and you can pay any remaining deductible.

    The point is that deductibles are now so how due to Obama care mandating insurance companies cover those with high cost, often incurable conditions and provide free preventative care. Increasing the deductibles and copays is how they are trying to recoup the losses And costs.
     
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    Of course you would feel that way, you must support that insurance companies should be able to earn millions in profit off their people they insure.
     
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    Just the opposite, I would have regulated insurance companies decades ago. Of course the only insurance not regulated was health insurance. Why you would think that based on what is posted is seriously questionable.
     
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    Employers have already begun pulling the plug because the majority of businesses are the self-employed with few employees and small businesses with less than 20 fulltime workers and under the PPACA don't have to provide insurance and now can't afford to. The PPACA was written to fail. Why? So the progressives could further push for socialized medicine.
     
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    Or perhaps it was because the Republicans and the members of the Medical profession don't really give a damn about these without money.
     

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