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Distractions are a way of buying time and can be a way of accelerating
the demise<br>
of a failing opponent by wearing him out.<br>
<br>
Your news media in the US is not about to report that there is
effective health care <br>
for the people in Cuba, a poor country run<br>
by a leadership that Amerikans have been told to hate.<br>
<br>
Although I think the reason for this news release is likely the drive
toward some <br>
disingenuous goal of opinion shaping, there has been in the past couple
of days <br>
this information about how there aren't going to be enough doctors if
everyone has<br>
access to health care. This news release seemed to be everywhere but
the <br>
newyorktimes had this graph:<br>
<a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/health/policy/too-few-doctors-in-many-us-communities.html?partner=rss&emc=rss"><br>
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/health/policy/too-few-doctors-in-many-us-communities.html?partner=rss&emc=rss</a><br>
<br>
<img src="cid:part1.07050801.04050101@pigsqq.org" alt=""><br>
<br>
Although I am certain that I should not trust the motives of this
propagandizing,<br>
there is a nugget of truth inside it. (No dog will take the poison
unless there is <br>
some good meat mixed in with it.)<br>
<br>
I would agree that one part of the problem is that there are not enough
doctors. I also<br>
don't think that ten-year-trained doctors are needed to triage the
everyday problems<br>
that people go to the doctor for. An team of less-expensive-to-train
medics and paramedics could successfully<br>
process simple cases, leaving the higher level doctors freed up to
examine the more difficult cases.<br>
<br>
There should be more options for self treatment, a massive reduction in
the number of drugs controlled by <br>
prescription (which is in general a thin excuse to rip off the
consumer), and a massive downscaling of the <br>
cost of the facilities in which medical care is provided. Sanitation
and cleanliness are important.<br>
I am not suggesting that we need drive-thru surgery where the doctor
operates on you in<br>
the privacy of your automobile, but the palaces that have been
constructed for the gods of medicine<br>
are really much more than what is needed to provide effective health
care.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 7/30/2012 5:23 AM, David Johnson wrote:
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<div><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, July 29, 2012 4:18 PM</div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OccupyCU] Fwd: [cchcc-l] Gov. Quinn
Announces State-Federal Partnership Health Exchange</div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="4"><strong>This is a Waste of time and
a distraction of what needs to be done !</strong></font></div>
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<div><strong><font face="Arial" size="4">WE Need to demand a single
payer healthcare system in the state of Illinois like Vermont has done !</font></strong></div>
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<div><strong><font face="Arial" size="4">David Johnson</font></strong></div>
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[OccupyCU] Fwd: [cchcc-l] Gov. Quinn Announces State-Federal
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<hr id="zwchr"> <b>From: </b>"Champaign County Health Care
Consumers" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:cchcc@healthcareconsumers.org">cchcc@healthcareconsumers.org</a>><br>
<b>To: </b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:cchcc-l@lists.shout.net">cchcc-l@lists.shout.net</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Thursday, July 26, 2012 8:59:39 AM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>[cchcc-l] Gov. Quinn Announces State-Federal
Partnership Health Exchange<br>
<br>
<br>
Dear Friends,<br>
<br>
On behalf of Champaign County Health Care Consumers (CCHCC), we would
like<br>
thank everyone who signed the petition calling on Illinois' Governor
Quinn<br>
to establish the Health Exchange, whether online, in our office, at the<br>
Urbana Farmer's Market, or at one of our Task Force meetings.<br>
<br>
Last week Governor Quinn announced that Illinois would move forward to<br>
establish a state-federal partnership Health Exchange. CCHCC and other<br>
health care advocates had been organizing to pressure the Illinois
General<br>
Assembly and Governor Quinn to instead establish a state-operated Health<br>
Exchange that would have allowed for an insurance marketplace that was<br>
customized to meet the specific needs of Illinoisans and would have been<br>
governed by Illinoisans.<br>
<br>
Frankly, we are disappointed that our state leadership did not rise to
the<br>
challenge and take advantage of the opportunity to have a locally
governed,<br>
pro-consumer Health Benefits Exchange that would have best met the
needs of<br>
the residents of Illinois. Despite the claim by state officials that
there<br>
was not enough time remaining to establish a state-operated exchange,
we do<br>
believe that Illinois had sufficient time if the elected leadership had
the<br>
political will.<br>
<br>
HOWEVER, having a state-federal partnership Exchange up and running in<br>
Illinois in 2014 is indeed a VICTORY for the residents of Illinois. <br>
<br>
Through the Exchange in 2014 alone:<br>
* 486,000 residents will enroll in private health insurance plans;<br>
* 500,000 residents will join the expanded Medicaid program (which the<br>
state would receive 100% federal matching reimbursement for those costs
the<br>
first three years of the Exchange); And<br>
* 247,000 residents would qualify for federal subsidies for premiums
and<br>
co-payments to help with insurance costs.<br>
<br>
(Source: Wakely Consulting Group, Health Management Association,
Illinois<br>
Department of Healthcare and Family Services)<br>
<br>
Please read on for more information about State-Federal Partnership
Health<br>
Exchanges. Also, please check out this article from The State-Journal<br>
Register regarding Governor Quinn's decision:<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.sj-r.com/top-stories/x1798690424/State-to-work-with-feds-on-health-insurance-exchange">http://www.sj-r.com/top-stories/x1798690424/State-to-work-with-feds-on-health-insurance-exchange</a><br>
<br>
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *<br>
WHAT IS A STATE-FEDERAL PARTNERSHIP?<br>
<br>
In May 2012, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)<br>
announced a third Exchange model. States could apply for a
state-operated<br>
Health Exchange, have a federally-facilitated Exchange, or now enter
into a<br>
state-federal partnership for 2014 - the first year that the Exchange
would<br>
be operational.<br>
<br>
The state-federal partnership Exchange is a mix of the first two
options,<br>
where the responsibilities, control, and decision-making would be split<br>
between the state and federal government. In this model, HHS would be<br>
responsible for ensuring the Exchange meets all of the standards. HHS
would<br>
run the online marketplace website. Illinois can decide to operate some
of<br>
the plan management functions (health insurance plan selection and other<br>
details) and consumer assistance (in-person assistance and outreach).<br>
<br>
This state-federal partnership will give Illinois legislators an<br>
additional year to finalize a state-run Health Exchange to start in
2015.<br>
<br>
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *<br>
<br>
At this point in time, we are still gathering information on the final<br>
details of how state-federal Health Exchanges will operate and which<br>
components of the Exchange Illinois may seek to operate. We must remain<br>
vigilant as decisions may be made for the state-federal partnership that<br>
will lay the groundwork for the state-operated Exchange in 2015. We must<br>
continue to fight for a pro-consumer exchange that has consumer<br>
representation on the operating Board and prevents any sway from the<br>
insurance industries.<br>
<br>
Again, we want to thank all of you for taking action and fighting for
the<br>
creation of the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange. CCHCC remains
committed<br>
to a pro-consumer Exchange and we will be calling on you to help shape
what<br>
our Exchange looks like in 2014 under the state-federal partnership and<br>
what it looks like in 2015 as a standalone Exchange. <br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
<br>
Champaign County Health Care Consumers<br>
<br>
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Champaign County Health Care Consumers<br>
44 E. Main Street Suite 208<br>
Champaign, IL 61820<br>
<br>
Phone: (217) 352-6533<br>
Fax: (217) 352-9745<br>
E-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cchcc@healthcareconsumers.org">cchcc@healthcareconsumers.org</a><br>
Web: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.healthcareconsumers.org">www.healthcareconsumers.org</a><br>
<br>
Check out CCHCC on Facebook at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.facebook.com/healthcareconsumers">www.facebook.com/healthcareconsumers</a>!<br>
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<br>
Support health care justice - donate to CCHCC today! Visit our website
to make a tax-deductible contribution today.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.healthcareconsumers.org/index.php?action=Donation">http://www.healthcareconsumers.org/index.php?action=Donation</a><br>
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