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Hortensis

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20. Or make it effectively obsolete by being able to do what we

Mon Dec 21, 2020, 11:01 AM

Dec 2020

hope and plan to this term. Our big dreams are not deferred to after the NEXT election until after the Jan 5 GA senate elections. There's still hope we'll be able to do it this time.

A bit of conviction would help, though. When people are weak and defeatist, the opposition always knows and uses them.

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Tucked into the relief bill: A BAN on most "surprise medical bills." [View all] Hortensis Dec 2020 OP

Rep. Neal has been a roadblock to this in the past and recently. theaocp Dec 2020 #1

Maybe he's softened a little. TheRickles Dec 2020 #10

Our healthcare system is SO messed up Alpeduez21 Dec 2020 #2

Well, some screwed that pooch horribly in 2016, didn't they? Hortensis Dec 2020 #6

I'm not convinced the 2016 presidential election KPN Dec 2020 #28

HRC had huge coattails until her lead and they disappeared. Hortensis Dec 2020 #33

I understand. I just am not convinced. Biden appeared KPN Dec 2020 #43

And once again they were sabotaged by hostile far left Hortensis Dec 2020 #44

Good. I've had the luck to live in a state that banned them 5 years ago. NutmegYankee Dec 2020 #3

Ambush billing. It is a disgusting and vile practice. kairos12 Dec 2020 #4

Freestanding ERs are scams. dalton99a Dec 2020 #5

It does really help moreland01 Dec 2020 #21

That's why people who are experiencing emergencies beg bystanders not to call 911 IronLionZion Dec 2020 #24

Kaiser sent a taxi cab to ferry my husband from the the out-of-network ER Politicub Dec 2020 #38

I have Kaiser Mid-Atlantic for the past 4 years and have been happy IronLionZion Dec 2020 #41

Notwithstanding the complaints, Kaiser is still a great one-stop model dalton99a Dec 2020 #42

Many years ago (maybe 20 or more) wryter2000 Dec 2020 #34

Had that happen to me only once Dem4Life1102 Dec 2020 #7

I have neglected getting physical therapy because of surprise medical bills. intheflow Dec 2020 #8

Now if they'd just do something to protect uninsured patients bucolic_frolic Dec 2020 #9

"THEY?" Don't you know WHICH "they" have always tried to do that? Hortensis Dec 2020 #13

yeah, and which group has always applied the financial medicine? bucolic_frolic Dec 2020 #14

So you don't know who to vote for to get what you say you want Hortensis Dec 2020 #17

I don't vote Democrat, I vote Democratic (NT) HuskyOffset Dec 2020 #23

2022? soryang Dec 2020 #11

1+ keithbvadu2 Dec 2020 #12

Takes effect 2022 ... plenty of time to water it down with loophole Fullduplexxx Dec 2020 #15

That's the DU spirit! Loki Liesmith Dec 2020 #16

!! FailureToCommunicate Dec 2020 #36

It would be wierd because that has never happened before Fullduplexxx Dec 2020 #40

Or make it effectively obsolete by being able to do what we Hortensis Dec 2020 #20

I'm surprised on a day when I don't get a medical bill. JohnnyRingo Dec 2020 #18

It is a start! PatrickforO Dec 2020 #19

Yes. Started long ago, but another good thing anyway. Hortensis Dec 2020 #26

Texas has a ban but... TXPaganBanker Dec 2020 #22

After my husband had his stroke 4 years ago we received a bill for 200,000 in out of network costs. onecaliberal Dec 2020 #25

Yes. 30 years ago it was $100,000 over policy limits for us, "negotiated" Hortensis Dec 2020 #29

200,000 is about half of what our house is worth. onecaliberal Dec 2020 #31

Really glad they stripped the Corporate liability exclusion bucolic_frolic Dec 2020 #27

I was once billed for an out of network piece of medical equipment used in a procedure. ehrnst Dec 2020 #30

No one should profit from someone's pain and suffering. OMGWTF Dec 2020 #32

I had a huge "out of network" bill show up a year after an ER visit. mn9driver Dec 2020 #35

a coupl eyears ago i had a colonoscopy scheduled rdking647 Dec 2020 #37

You hear that Swedish-American in Rockford??? No more surprise bills from your "ER" team AllyCat Dec 2020 #39

That 'out of network' bullshit needs to be eliminated completely. Get ReTHUGS out ... Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2020 #45