C. Steven Tucker’s Prediction On Healthcare 2017 – IOTW Report

C. Steven Tucker’s Prediction On Healthcare 2017

Sunday, 1 January 2017, 18:00 BFH Uncategorized 30

C. Steven Tucker, friend/supporter/tipster at iOTWreport, and healthcare insurance expert, offered me this prediction when I asked if I will continue to be bankrupted by health insurance premiums-

My prediction is repeal and replacement and then the gradual reentry of many of the carriers who wisely exited the marketplace after losing billions. These carriers will once again then provide lower priced products available for consumer purchase by the fall of 2017. All we need is a little competition. Currently we have none in most states. We’ll also be returning to common sense coverage for preexisting conditions as was outlined in 1996 HIPAA law and worked for nearly two decades until the Marxist, serial lying, treasonous &$!(@ pile of %#$  &%%#$@#  *@%%!&d everything up.

Thank God for Donald J. Trump.

30 Comments on C. Steven Tucker’s Prediction On Healthcare 2017

  4. I still wish Medicare would cover the knee injections that might work for me. They cover the brand that doesn’t work though. Of course my supplemental won’t cover what Mecicare won’t cover.

  5. As much as the progs are against selling health insurance across state lines I gotta think doing just that would do wonders for cost and accessibility. What ever they are against is usually better for us in the long haul..

  7. health insurance is now set up so when you turn 65 you have to take Medicare & use your health insurance as supplemental insurance
    … know who the biggest denier of service? … that’s right … Medicare

  8. “hank God for Donald J. Trump.”

    AMEN to that! I cried with relief when I saw Trump won. I believe Trump will do what’s best for America. He’ll be good for America. I felt very insecure with Obama, I despise that muzzie.

  9. PJ
    ask your doctor what the cash option is! I get Hylagan (spelling?) in my ankle. Yes in my ankle. It is not pleasant but the results are great. I have been receiving them for years, but do to a snafu ( long story ) i did not get approval for them. So i asked what the cash price was, and he asked someone in the office what the medicare reimbursement was. I think she said $113.00. So he said ok $100.00 cash. No, it is not cheap, but the Dr actually pays $80.00 each for them.

  11. Praying he’s right. My deductibles just increased 35% and monthly premium came close to quadrupling. It is ‘Cadillac’ insurance which will be a fresh hell if there is no repeal. The coverage will be downgraded considerably.

  12. Tort reform will need to be addressed, but it won’t, because attorneys keep getting elected to congress.

    I am tired of paying an attorney tax on every product I buy. We can start with the loser pays all litigation costs.

  13. And another rant. Thanks to Obama care taxes the cost on certain veterinary supplies also used by humans has sky rocketed. An IV bag of fluids for senior animals with chronic renal failure used to cost $3.50. My vet sells for his cost. A bag is now $20. It’s not so bad personally but has definitely impacted shelters and rescues. The sames goes for the IV lines and needles. Screw you Obutthole.

  16. I’ve been buying child dental insurance and I don’t have any kids. I can’t even gift it to needy children I do know.
    I like my doctor and paid dearly to keep my doctor until now. My premium went from $364 per month in 2016 to $454 per month in 2017. Now I am on HMO through my employer (finally have a full time position after getting laid off in 2014) that does not have my doctor.

  19. @ ShAke and Bake

    Thank you.

    The rheumatologist told me the injections of Uflexia (spelling?) would hit me up for over a thousand per knee every few months. I’ve had Synvisc before but just worked the first time, but the injections were not done then, under ultrasound for imaging and placement.

    The Uflexia is done in smaller amounts spaced by two weeks, than the Synvisc which is a larger dose all at once. Hmmm. Maybe I need another specialist.

    Currently dealing with another chronic problem which is considered rare, and med doesn’t even agree on it’s cause. I actually had to track down treatment for it myself, find a doc who would try the simplist of treatments, and prescribe it. Unfortunately, it took years for this, and by that time, it became so bad, that it disfigured my leg. Oh, the treatment – simple ultrasound. That seems to alleviate some awful pain.

  22. The major Asshole currently occupying the White Hut has done his best to fuck up the lives of all Americans and unfortunately, he has achieved most of his goals.
    Which reminds me…..Fuck him and liberals everywhere.

  23. As Mortgages for Masses said: tort reform.
    Its a state by state issue, but with the ever growing number of Republican controlled state governments it would seem something could be done. Will it? The trial lawyer lobby is very powerful,
    and the legislatures are jam packed with lawyers.

  26. Echo tort reform and interstate competition. Add to that a statistically blind distribution of pre-existing condition patients among all insurers to balance risk. In essence, replicate the existing FEHB plan but allow everyone to participate with risk balancing. Tort reform for Doctors is different from tort reform for drugmakers and makers of implantable devices. Decouple those things. Also, for high cost oral antivirals and such, consider USP grade alternatives to CP grades. Injectables are different. Intention is to bring cost and risk into balance for those who might choose life over minimal risk as a function of cost.

  28. We got to keep our doctor, but at a cost. The only way to afford our ever increasing premiums (which are now $1,395/mo for family of five) we had to go with higher deductible, which is now $20,000. So we are basically covering all of our own healthcare costs, but if hit by a truck, we have a safety net. Or so we thought…until Tired Daughter needed a transplant surgery that was considered “experimental.” What a mess.

    On a separate note: why were insurance companies willing to get in bed with Obama on this Obamacare scheme in the first place? My very early take was that this was the first step toward single-payer, fully socialized medicine that would put insurance companies out of biz. Suicide pact or what? If a stupid little housewife like me could see it coming, why couldn’t they?

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