http://healthcarethoughts.com/2009/09/10/the-common-sense-factor/ observations on healthcare, technology and the American way by Brian Sharp Sat, 19 May 2012 19:13:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://healthcarethoughts.com/2009/09/10/the-common-sense-factor/#comment-188 Sandi Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:00:30 +0000 http://healthcarethoughts.com/2009/09/10/the-common-sense-factor/#comment-188 I feel Obama is a very articulate and interesting speaker. Most are so monotone you're bored to death in the first two minutes. I am always intrigued by his speaking manner and watch the entire speech rather than flipping the channel after five minutes. There are still a lot of unanswered questions from me, but he is right when he said the partisanship needs to end and both sides need to work together for a solution. They need to stop with the scare tactics and smearing and focus on the real issue, which is rising healthcare costs to both employers and consumers both, let the doctors dictate what procedures are medically necessary and not the insurance companies, cover pre-existing conditions and stop dropping insureds when they get sick and need the coverage the most. I think they need to also address life insurance companies doing the same. A long story, but a very popular life insurance company dropped my dad because he is 69. They told him he is no longer eligible since he is over 64 years of age, but they took his money every three months from the age of 64 to 69 without ever telling him he was not elegible. The quacking duck got one over on my dad big time (in the tune of roughly $5K), and I will be writing the President about my concerns over this issue and my unanswered healthcare questions. They should have told him when he turned 64 that he was no longer eligible rather than continuing to deposit his social security checks, which is basically what they did!! I feel Obama is a very articulate and interesting speaker. Most are so monotone you’re bored to death in the first two minutes. I am always intrigued by his speaking manner and watch the entire speech rather than flipping the channel after five minutes. There are still a lot of unanswered questions from me, but he is right when he said the partisanship needs to end and both sides need to work together for a solution. They need to stop with the scare tactics and smearing and focus on the real issue, which is rising healthcare costs to both employers and consumers both, let the doctors dictate what procedures are medically necessary and not the insurance companies, cover pre-existing conditions and stop dropping insureds when they get sick and need the coverage the most. I think they need to also address life insurance companies doing the same. A long story, but a very popular life insurance company dropped my dad because he is 69. They told him he is no longer eligible since he is over 64 years of age, but they took his money every three months from the age of 64 to 69 without ever telling him he was not elegible. The quacking duck got one over on my dad big time (in the tune of roughly $5K), and I will be writing the President about my concerns over this issue and my unanswered healthcare questions. They should have told him when he turned 64 that he was no longer eligible rather than continuing to deposit his social security checks, which is basically what they did!!

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