[Peace-discuss] Fw: [OccupyCU] Fwd: [cchcc-l] Gov. Quinn Announces State-Federal Partnership Health Exchange
E. Wayne Johnson
ewj at pigsqq.org
Sun Jul 29 22:38:12 UTC 2012
Distractions are a way of buying time and can be a way of accelerating
the demise
of a failing opponent by wearing him out.
Your news media in the US is not about to report that there is effective
health care
for the people in Cuba, a poor country run
by a leadership that Amerikans have been told to hate.
Although I think the reason for this news release is likely the drive
toward some
disingenuous goal of opinion shaping, there has been in the past couple
of days
this information about how there aren't going to be enough doctors if
everyone has
access to health care. This news release seemed to be everywhere but the
newyorktimes had this graph:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/health/policy/too-few-doctors-in-many-us-communities.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/health/policy/too-few-doctors-in-many-us-communities.html?partner=rss&emc=rss>
Although I am certain that I should not trust the motives of this
propagandizing,
there is a nugget of truth inside it. (No dog will take the poison
unless there is
some good meat mixed in with it.)
I would agree that one part of the problem is that there are not enough
doctors. I also
don't think that ten-year-trained doctors are needed to triage the
everyday problems
that people go to the doctor for. An team of less-expensive-to-train
medics and paramedics could successfully
process simple cases, leaving the higher level doctors freed up to
examine the more difficult cases.
There should be more options for self treatment, a massive reduction in
the number of drugs controlled by
prescription (which is in general a thin excuse to rip off the
consumer), and a massive downscaling of the
cost of the facilities in which medical care is provided. Sanitation
and cleanliness are important.
I am not suggesting that we need drive-thru surgery where the doctor
operates on you in
the privacy of your automobile, but the palaces that have been
constructed for the gods of medicine
are really much more than what is needed to provide effective health care.
On 7/30/2012 5:23 AM, David Johnson wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* David Johnson <mailto:dlj725 at hughes.net>
> *To:* occupycu at lists.chambana.net <mailto:occupycu at lists.chambana.net>
> ; s.hansen at comcast.net <mailto:s.hansen at comcast.net>
> *Sent:* Sunday, July 29, 2012 4:18 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [OccupyCU] Fwd: [cchcc-l] Gov. Quinn Announces
> State-Federal Partnership Health Exchange
>
> *This is a Waste of time and a distraction of what needs to be done !*
> **
> *WE Need to demand a single payer healthcare system in the state of
> Illinois like Vermont has done !*
> **
> *David Johnson*
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* s.hansen at comcast.net <mailto:s.hansen at comcast.net>
> *To:* occupyCU at lists.chambana.net
> <mailto:occupyCU at lists.chambana.net>
> *Sent:* Sunday, July 29, 2012 11:51 AM
> *Subject:* [OccupyCU] Fwd: [cchcc-l] Gov. Quinn Announces
> State-Federal Partnership Health Exchange
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From: *"Champaign County Health Care Consumers"
> <cchcc at healthcareconsumers.org <mailto:cchcc at healthcareconsumers.org>>
> *To: *cchcc-l at lists.shout.net <mailto:cchcc-l at lists.shout.net>
> *Sent: *Thursday, July 26, 2012 8:59:39 AM
> *Subject: *[cchcc-l] Gov. Quinn Announces State-Federal
> Partnership Health Exchange
>
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> On behalf of Champaign County Health Care Consumers (CCHCC), we
> would like
> thank everyone who signed the petition calling on Illinois'
> Governor Quinn
> to establish the Health Exchange, whether online, in our office,
> at the
> Urbana Farmer's Market, or at one of our Task Force meetings.
>
> Last week Governor Quinn announced that Illinois would move forward to
> establish a state-federal partnership Health Exchange. CCHCC and other
> health care advocates had been organizing to pressure the Illinois
> General
> Assembly and Governor Quinn to instead establish a state-operated
> Health
> Exchange that would have allowed for an insurance marketplace that was
> customized to meet the specific needs of Illinoisans and would
> have been
> governed by Illinoisans.
>
> Frankly, we are disappointed that our state leadership did not
> rise to the
> challenge and take advantage of the opportunity to have a locally
> governed,
> pro-consumer Health Benefits Exchange that would have best met the
> needs of
> the residents of Illinois. Despite the claim by state officials
> that there
> was not enough time remaining to establish a state-operated
> exchange, we do
> believe that Illinois had sufficient time if the elected
> leadership had the
> political will.
>
> HOWEVER, having a state-federal partnership Exchange up and running in
> Illinois in 2014 is indeed a VICTORY for the residents of Illinois.
>
> Through the Exchange in 2014 alone:
> * 486,000 residents will enroll in private health insurance plans;
> * 500,000 residents will join the expanded Medicaid program
> (which the
> state would receive 100% federal matching reimbursement for those
> costs the
> first three years of the Exchange); And
> * 247,000 residents would qualify for federal subsidies for
> premiums and
> co-payments to help with insurance costs.
>
> (Source: Wakely Consulting Group, Health Management Association,
> Illinois
> Department of Healthcare and Family Services)
>
> Please read on for more information about State-Federal
> Partnership Health
> Exchanges. Also, please check out this article from The State-Journal
> Register regarding Governor Quinn's decision:
>
> http://www.sj-r.com/top-stories/x1798690424/State-to-work-with-feds-on-health-insurance-exchange
>
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> WHAT IS A STATE-FEDERAL PARTNERSHIP?
>
> In May 2012, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
> announced a third Exchange model. States could apply for a
> state-operated
> Health Exchange, have a federally-facilitated Exchange, or now
> enter into a
> state-federal partnership for 2014 - the first year that the
> Exchange would
> be operational.
>
> The state-federal partnership Exchange is a mix of the first two
> options,
> where the responsibilities, control, and decision-making would be
> split
> between the state and federal government. In this model, HHS would be
> responsible for ensuring the Exchange meets all of the standards.
> HHS would
> run the online marketplace website. Illinois can decide to operate
> some of
> the plan management functions (health insurance plan selection and
> other
> details) and consumer assistance (in-person assistance and outreach).
>
> This state-federal partnership will give Illinois legislators an
> additional year to finalize a state-run Health Exchange to start
> in 2015.
>
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>
> At this point in time, we are still gathering information on the final
> details of how state-federal Health Exchanges will operate and which
> components of the Exchange Illinois may seek to operate. We must
> remain
> vigilant as decisions may be made for the state-federal
> partnership that
> will lay the groundwork for the state-operated Exchange in 2015.
> We must
> continue to fight for a pro-consumer exchange that has consumer
> representation on the operating Board and prevents any sway from the
> insurance industries.
>
> Again, we want to thank all of you for taking action and fighting
> for the
> creation of the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange. CCHCC remains
> committed
> to a pro-consumer Exchange and we will be calling on you to help
> shape what
> our Exchange looks like in 2014 under the state-federal
> partnership and
> what it looks like in 2015 as a standalone Exchange.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Champaign County Health Care Consumers
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Champaign County Health Care Consumers
> 44 E. Main Street Suite 208
> Champaign, IL 61820
>
> Phone: (217) 352-6533
> Fax: (217) 352-9745
> E-mail: cchcc at healthcareconsumers.org
> Web: www.healthcareconsumers.org
>
> Check out CCHCC on Facebook at www.facebook.com/healthcareconsumers!
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
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