Comments on: Fun with Insurance http://mom-blog.com/?p=1320 mom blog: parenting my perfectly made girls Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:41:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: admin http://mom-blog.com/?p=1320&cpage=1#comment-4553 admin Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:32:44 +0000 http://mom-blog.com/?p=1320#comment-4553 OK, Tori, you get my vote for ruling the world, LOL! Too much responsibility for me!! OK, Tori, you get my vote for ruling the world, LOL! Too much responsibility for me!!

]]> By: Tori http://mom-blog.com/?p=1320&cpage=1#comment-4546 Tori Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:23:49 +0000 http://mom-blog.com/?p=1320#comment-4546 Dealing with insurance companies just plain sucks!!! If I ruled the world things would be so much smooother!!;) Dealing with insurance companies just plain sucks!!! If I ruled the world things would be so much smooother!!;)

]]> By: admin http://mom-blog.com/?p=1320&cpage=1#comment-4498 admin Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:09:36 +0000 http://mom-blog.com/?p=1320#comment-4498 Hi Chris thanks for weighing in! Just to correct you, the waiting has nothing to do with my insurance. I'd be on the same list if I had the top best insurance. It's just what/how of this particular hospital and what it provides in speech therapy -best around, long list. What's really unnerving is the 3 month wait for standard appointments like GYN and mammograms. Also, nothing to do with insurance. FWIW, I don't think, from all the reading I've done, that a public option is a magic bullet. I'm not clear at all on coop, but frankly, I haven't seen anything from the right that really affects any change at all in terms of pricepoint on insurance. Hi Chris thanks for weighing in! Just to correct you, the waiting has nothing to do with my insurance. I’d be on the same list if I had the top best insurance. It’s just what/how of this particular hospital and what it provides in speech therapy -best around, long list. What’s really unnerving is the 3 month wait for standard appointments like GYN and mammograms. Also, nothing to do with insurance.

FWIW, I don’t think, from all the reading I’ve done, that a public option is a magic bullet. I’m not clear at all on coop, but frankly, I haven’t seen anything from the right that really affects any change at all in terms of pricepoint on insurance.

]]> By: Chris Wysocki http://mom-blog.com/?p=1320&cpage=1#comment-4496 Chris Wysocki Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:16:33 +0000 http://mom-blog.com/?p=1320#comment-4496 I don't see how your experience translates into a need for health care reform. You got the services your daughter needs at a price point that seems reasonable. It's hard to infer much from the short description you gave, but consider this. Since your daughter is on medicaid you're already enrolled in "the public option" anyhow. And you see the result, a waiting list of 6 to 9 months for something that by rights should be available to you tomorrow. And it would be, if the price you paid reflected the pent-up demand. That is, at a higher price point more providers would enter the market and thus you'd get services sooner. The free market trumps government regulation every time. I don’t see how your experience translates into a need for health care reform.

You got the services your daughter needs at a price point that seems reasonable.

It’s hard to infer much from the short description you gave, but consider this.

Since your daughter is on medicaid you’re already enrolled in “the public option” anyhow. And you see the result, a waiting list of 6 to 9 months for something that by rights should be available to you tomorrow. And it would be, if the price you paid reflected the pent-up demand. That is, at a higher price point more providers would enter the market and thus you’d get services sooner. The free market trumps government regulation every time.

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