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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 04:30 PM Original message |
Could higher co pays and deductibles influence bad decision making? |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. knr. Yes. High co-pays and deductibles are a HUGE deterrent to obtaining |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yet we call these Cadillac plans and luxuries. |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 05:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. hmmm... my understanding is that "Cadillac" plans have lower deductibles and copays though... |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Well that is the general assumption which makes people interested in taxing them for being too |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 06:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I hadn't heard what Dean said about wrong path. High costs seem to have |
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bornskeptic (951 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 08:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. If you're paying $23,000 for group insurance and still paying copays and deductibles, |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. Which is why the HCR bills LIMITS co-pays and deductibles. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. Preventive care is free under reform, the co-pay is eliminated. n/t |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Preventive care is checkups. I imagine going to the doctor with a suspected ailment is different. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-10-10 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. It has always been a fact that such policies allow for the poorer folks to |
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