tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075324469668918466.post8387916275124740036..comments2023-12-06T02:22:41.121-06:00Comments on The Hamburg Post: Sen. Mikulski’s Pandora Box Amendment passestthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09917268285666551114noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075324469668918466.post-18276600803576643192009-12-04T09:53:02.545-06:002009-12-04T09:53:02.545-06:00Shirl..the co-payment and deductible is one way th...Shirl..the co-payment and deductible is one way the insurance company is able to keep your premiums lower while keeping your level of service the same. Now, I agree, that does not excuse them from looking for cost savings but if all preventative medicine was done without co-pays or deductibles then we'd all see a spike in premiums and/or the costs for other items like treatments, hospital visits, and other non-preventative clinic visits.<br /><br />Nothing is free. We will all pay for it. That being said, I do agree that preventative medicine is needed to help detect future problems. The balance act now is what else will be considered preventative medicine and if a clinic is offer free services where will they get money to pay for the doctor and nurses that administer the "free" preventative service?tthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09917268285666551114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075324469668918466.post-4942164950727093702009-12-04T09:26:44.697-06:002009-12-04T09:26:44.697-06:00While all the preventive is for good reason, I fin...While all the preventive is for good reason, I find it is the "possible this or that" test, evaluation, specialist etc...to hurt my budget. As all that can get pretty spending either to find out it is nothing or if it is something that would require treatment that skyrockets. It almost seems like I am paying co-payment, deductable etc that is way beyond reach. One can get their free preventive and with diagnosed or maybe diagonsed problem, may be well e beyond afforadability. Just an off the top thoughts about all the preventive stuff and not enough coverage on the necessary treatments.Shirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14233447412376015287noreply@blogger.com