On Feb 22, 2:54*pm, bpnjensen wrote:
On Feb 22, 5:26*am, dave wrote:

On 02/21/2011 11:27 PM, D. Peter Maus wrote:

Government medical plans, of any stripe turn down more pre-existing
conditions than all the insurance carriers combined.

What do you mean "turn down more pre-existing
conditions"? Are you saying people with chronic conditions are denied
coverage? That is not my understanding. Medicare is like group health
insurance; they have to cover you.

Again, from Wkipedia:

"The Commonwealth Fund, in its annual survey, "Mirror, Mirror on the
Wall", compares the performance of the health care systems in
Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada and the
U.S. Its 2007 study found that, although the U.S. system is the most
expensive, it consistently under-performs compared to the other
countries.[15] One difference between the U.S. and the other countries
in the study is that the U.S. is the only country without universal
health insurance coverage.

The Commonwealth Fund completed its thirteenth annual health policy
survey in 2010.[16] A study of the survey "found significant
differences in access, cost burdens, and problems with health
insurance that are associated with insurance design".[16] Of the
countries surveyed, the results indicated that people in the United
States had more out-of-pocket expenses, more disputes with insurance
companies than other countries, and more insurance payments denied;
paperwork was also higher although Germany had similarly high levels
of paperwork.[16]"

I presume that this information is available in more detail, and I'll
keep looking.

This was very well known for many years . It is exactly what the bio-
medical and insurance mafia has fought against for a very long time .

I am watchin that Magic Jack infomercial on channel 225, the EDEN
channel.I saw those Magic Jacks for sale yesterday in that Dangerous
Walmart store.I don't want, nor do I need a stupid Magic Jack.
cuhulin