10-06-2016, 05:09 PM
The video is interesting, but it doesn't answer these questions:
What do you do if you live on an isolated island, almost none of the primary care doctors are accepting new Medicare patients, and the "free" clinics that so accept Medicare are already overloaded?
What do you do if the specialists on this island that you need don't accept new Medicare patients?
Is basic Medicare going to pay for your emergency medivac transportation from said isolated island to the nearest facility that can save your life in a pinch?
There are not the sort of choices for obtaining good care here that would make the good doctor's advice in the video work for many of us. That is why Kaiser's bombshell announcement has so many people upset. Kaiser does have a positive answer to all my questions above . . . it's just going to cost a hell of a lot more.
What do you do if you live on an isolated island, almost none of the primary care doctors are accepting new Medicare patients, and the "free" clinics that so accept Medicare are already overloaded?
What do you do if the specialists on this island that you need don't accept new Medicare patients?
Is basic Medicare going to pay for your emergency medivac transportation from said isolated island to the nearest facility that can save your life in a pinch?
There are not the sort of choices for obtaining good care here that would make the good doctor's advice in the video work for many of us. That is why Kaiser's bombshell announcement has so many people upset. Kaiser does have a positive answer to all my questions above . . . it's just going to cost a hell of a lot more.