Jo Jorgensen has by far the best health care plan
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We are stuck with Biden, and I partly blame libertarians and never-Trumpers.
Doctors accept the supplemental insurance, and Medicare backstops it, basically acting as a reinsurer.
I believe open season for getting the supplemental insurance has either started, or will start soon. The AARP offers good supplemental insurance, but also several other places. You also want to get the drug insurance.
anonymoose
Classical Liberal
the reason docs don't take pts. on Medicare is , like Medicaid, they are limited to the fees that Medicare reimburses so supplemental insurance doesn't help.
Diogenes
Nemo me impune lacessit
They will be required to accept all patients under the Biden-Harris plan.
Already started.
anonymoose
Classical Liberal
Gawd you live in a dream world. There is no possible way you can *force* a doc to see "all" patients. Even if you did the doc could just say he limits the number of pts. he sees in a day or that he doesn't do certain procedures.
Anyway I'd be interested in seeing this "plan" that forces all docs to see all pts. If you can't produce it I'll understand.
A self employed doc can do what he wants and gubmint employed docs are notorious for seeing as few pts. as possible to collect their paycheck.
Same understanding I have for you not answering:
Diogenes
Nemo me impune lacessit
We recognize it is not enough to have a commitment to eliminating health disparities: we must have a plan.
The COVID-19 pandemic has made plain to people across the country that our health care workers are heroes.
Our doctors and nurses, our home health aides and physician’s assistants, our public health professionals, our home care workers and nursing home workers, and our cleaners and service workers have shown up to work every day despite dire shortages of personal protective equipment.
Far too many of them have lost their lives to this terrible disease, and untold thousands are suffering the mental and emotional strain of losing far too many patients.
And yet, despite the critical role they play in our society and our economy, these frontline workers—a majority of whom are women of color—are often underpaid and lack access to paid sick days, paid family and medical leave, health insurance, and other benefits critical for their own health and the health of patients.
Democrats believe that all jobs in the caring economy must come with family-sustaining wages, good benefits, access to paid leave, fair and predictable schedules, access to training and professional development, and the ability to join a union and collectively bargain.
We believe all employers funded by taxpayer dollars must pay their workers at least $15 an hour and protect workers’ rights to organize.
We will invest in community health worker care-forces around the nation proven to prevent, manage, and better treat chronic illnesses, and empower first-time mothers with home visiting.
We will close provider gaps and increase diversity in the health care profession by creating a robust pipeline of talent with career ladders for advancement.
And we will also increase opportunities for community health workers to come from the communities they serve.
Democrats will also empower the states, as laboratories of democracy, to use Affordable Care Act innovation waivers to develop locally tailored approaches to health coverage, including by removing barriers to states that seek to experiment with statewide universal health care approaches.
The COVID-19 pandemic has made plain to people across the country that our health care workers are heroes.
Our doctors and nurses, our home health aides and physician’s assistants, our public health professionals, our home care workers and nursing home workers, and our cleaners and service workers have shown up to work every day despite dire shortages of personal protective equipment.
Far too many of them have lost their lives to this terrible disease, and untold thousands are suffering the mental and emotional strain of losing far too many patients.
And yet, despite the critical role they play in our society and our economy, these frontline workers—a majority of whom are women of color—are often underpaid and lack access to paid sick days, paid family and medical leave, health insurance, and other benefits critical for their own health and the health of patients.
Democrats believe that all jobs in the caring economy must come with family-sustaining wages, good benefits, access to paid leave, fair and predictable schedules, access to training and professional development, and the ability to join a union and collectively bargain.
We believe all employers funded by taxpayer dollars must pay their workers at least $15 an hour and protect workers’ rights to organize.
We will invest in community health worker care-forces around the nation proven to prevent, manage, and better treat chronic illnesses, and empower first-time mothers with home visiting.
We will close provider gaps and increase diversity in the health care profession by creating a robust pipeline of talent with career ladders for advancement.
And we will also increase opportunities for community health workers to come from the communities they serve.
Democrats will also empower the states, as laboratories of democracy, to use Affordable Care Act innovation waivers to develop locally tailored approaches to health coverage, including by removing barriers to states that seek to experiment with statewide universal health care approaches.
Supplemental pays the rest of the fees.