MediCare: America's $34 Trillion Dollar problem.

[jerx d great]

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woooww. this news is very alarming to us, since our work is mostly health insurance coverage among US citizens.... patay mi ani.. murag kuyaw ni duh.. hehehhe

[the Messenger]

This is so true, dako gyud ni nga problema ning Medicare. They've already begun slashing reimbursements btw, and now it takes a lot longer for healthcare providers to get reimbursed. Since the introduction of the convoluted new Medicare Part D system in 2006, thousands of drugstores (mostly independent) have gone under. I am all for saving money wherever we can, but it doesn't work when it hurts businesses within the healthcare industry. Bisan sa Medicaid, dako pud kaayo ning problemaha. Some drugstores and doctors have begun turning away Medicaid patients, just because Medicaid payments take so long, and the providers are reimbursed for way below acquisition costs and service fees. Kinsa man dili magdaut ang kalag ana, ang drugstore mobayad ug $5 for a drug from a supplier, unya $4 ra ang ibayad sa Medicaid (sometimes, also Medicare). No business can operate for long under those circumstances. There has to be a solution aning problemaha that can be a win-win scenario for everyone. What that solution is, who the heck knows. But healthcare in the US is a big, big problem...a volcano just waiting to erupt.

I've suddenly taken an interest in this "late" news, thanks to the prompting of relatives. Pwede ba sa Pinas ang Medicare reimbursements? I mean... covered mo sa Medicare and diri magpa-hospital? Know of anyone who has tried it? Or is it a black and white "in the US only" thing?