Did y’all see the “Support Prezident 0Commie’s Agenda” ad across the top? Paid for by the Dimrat Senatorial Campaign Committee. [facepalm]

Secondly, did you see the comments at the link for the Reuter-Rooter site? The LefTard/ProgTard/DimTards there just hayte business. I guess all the doctors, nurses, hospitals, pharmaceautical companies, etc. are all supposed to work for free, or at best, break even for their efforts.

America is a lost cause. I might as well move to Fwance.

Some companies might want to self insure instead of going to a big insurance company, there are many work arounds possible. AND when democrat voters see the rigid plans that the HHS Secretary has selected for them, some democrat congress members are going to have to introduce affordable individual plans and health savings accounts that people actually want. The Secretary working in secret has had her hearts delight of fanstasy plans, lets see some that really work.

txhsmom on February 21, 2013 at 5:47 PM

Not outlawed, just not something you get a tax break for. It is cool, I can still pay cash.

besser tot als rot on February 21, 2013 at 5:24 PM

I remember reading that cash payments are outlawed as part of Obamacare. Here’s a Fox article stating cash payments will be severely restricted. Of course, this assumes private health insurance still exists. Once that disappears, who knows?

Gone will be the ability to pay out of pocket and receive a tax break for higher quality care. Flexible Spending Accounts will shrink to a maximum of $2,500 and you will only be able to deduct a medical expense from your taxes if it exceeds a whopping 10 percent of your gross income for the year.

I don’t see how that can be possible if the “mandate” is a “tax” and not a “mandate.”

besser tot als rot on February 21, 2013 at 5:24 PM

It is not illegal to pay for healthcare with cash. But she might be saying that is the next step in the process…

You do know that paying cash for medical care is illegal once Obamacare is fully enacted? You will do as the Death Panel says. It doesn’t matter if you can pay for it or not.

txhsmom on February 21, 2013 at 5:13 PM

I don’t see how that can be possible if the “mandate” is a “tax” and not a “mandate.”

Funny thing is, if you tell a doctor you’re not using a health plan and paying cash for services, the doctor’s office may very well negotiate a reduced price simply because of the amount of paperwork you’re saving them.

CurtZHP on February 21, 2013 at 5:00 PM

I pretty much doing it now – and actually, the doctors are more likely to give you lower cost options – and do things for free, especially doctors that you’ve been seeing for awhile. Although, when you walk into urgent care and they ask you for ID and an insurance card and you say “I don’t have insurance,” they look at you like you’re an alien.

Free market health care comes next year when ObamaCare makes traditional health insurance too expensive (or too expensive to justify). Then, people will pay cash for health services, using ObamaCare as a sort of catastrophic coverage – paying for it if and only if catastrophe ensues.

besser tot als rot on February 21, 2013 at 4:38 PM

You do know that paying cash for medical care is illegal once Obamacare is fully enacted? You will do as the Death Panel says. It doesn’t matter if you can pay for it or not.

Free market health care comes next year when ObamaCare makes traditional health insurance too expensive (or too expensive to justify). Then, people will pay cash for health services, using ObamaCare as a sort of catastrophic coverage – paying for it if and only if catastrophe ensues.

besser tot als rot on February 21, 2013 at 4:38 PM

Funny thing is, if you tell a doctor you’re not using a health plan and paying cash for services, the doctor’s office may very well negotiate a reduced price simply because of the amount of paperwork you’re saving them.

Rush Limbaugh actually talked about his own experience with this on his show. A couple years ago he was in the hospital during a vacation, with what appeared at first to be a heart attack but turned out to be nothing of the sort. Anyway, when the time came to pay the bill, he said he was paying cash as he did not carry insurance. (He obviously has the money!) The hospital billing office cut the bill nearly in half. And it’s not as if they didn’t think he could afford the full amount.

Insurance companies are already doing this anyway. My insurer pays my bills (after deductible), but they don’t pay what the rate sheet says. They pay what they negotiate with the providers.