tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post6826698066375192124..comments2024-01-13T00:27:20.813-08:00Comments on Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics: Bold Incrementalism After the Death of "The Year of Healthcare Reform"Mayor Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16280670018437708708noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8826939.post-46309780542812977332008-02-28T13:59:00.000-08:002008-02-28T13:59:00.000-08:00Good, glad their massive plan failed. At a time w...Good, glad their massive plan failed. At a time when they're stealing our own county's "surplus gas tax" to balance their miserably mismanaged state budget, to take another $14 billion for that plan was absurd.<BR/><BR/>Absolutely right to start by closer oversight of the insurance industry: how come their executives are so highly paid, and they have more staff doing paperwork and denying care to patients, and telling doctors NOT to offer certain procedures, than there are doctors and healthcare professionals in our private and public hospitals?<BR/><BR/>HMO's act like they can do anything they want -- take your money, then deny you care when you need it. So patients don't even tell doctors their whole medical history, so they won't be denied care. Which is bad for their health. And even if you're as healthy as can be, you get automatic rate increases of 10% almost every year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com