Comments for Marty's Market View Blog

Comment on $billions to the wind… by Bloice Davison

Bloice Davison — Sat, 12 May 2012 02:22:15 +0000

I could not have said it better!

Comment on Great Economic News!! by Vicki Landgren

Vicki Landgren — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:00:48 +0000

Your Comments

Nice way turning negatives into possible positives…………..Vicki

Comment on The copay for stitches… by Tony Palermo

Tony Palermo — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:44:34 +0000

Your Comments: Yesterday I was at the State Capital, the Assembly got togehter to discuss the new State Run Health Care Program. What was told to us is that they want to pass this bill but they don’t have any idea how it will be funded. Sound familar? Also all State, Federal and Unions will be exempt from this program. That leaves you and I to pay for this NEW PLAN. Wonderful! Currently in the State of Cal. 30% of ER’s have closed. Why, because of the cost of services for those uninsured or covered under the current health options provided by the State of California does not cover the reinbursment cost of care. EVERYONE IN THE US IS COVERED! The privite sector pays for it one way or another through taxes. This “NEW” plan will not shift the cost. NO ONE should be EXEMPT!

Comment on The copay for stitches… by Martin L. Mazorra

Martin L. Mazorra — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:43:59 +0000

Of course a “free market” can’t exist in the presence of “mandates”… So you’re saying that, without mandates, we’d allow people to die in the streets?? Did we – prior to these un/underfunded mandates?? I agree, our elected officials “really can’t understand the challenges”, and therefore cannot be relied upon to provide the solutiions…

Comment on The copay for stitches… by Todd Valeri

Todd Valeri — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:53:47 +0000

Marty, you fail to recognize that the majority of over-utilizers of healthcare services could care less about financial consequences. As a local healthcare provider I can tell you we are paid appx. 29% of gross charges and only 11% of our patients have private insurance. Of our claims, only 6% are paid in full. The solution is not letting market forces dictate healthcare because we have so many un/underfunded mandates on providers. And since we don’t want people dieing in the streets, those mandates won’t be going away anytime soon.

The sad reality is that much of our healthcare system is funded off the backs of private insurance… which as you know is typically an employer sponsored benefit.

Sadly, unless you are intimately involved with healthcare finance (and I’m not talking about our elected officials), you really can’t understand the challenges of balancing services and reimbursement.

Comment on The copay for stitches… by Josh Summers

Josh Summers — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:46:14 +0000

The Affordable Care Act is a big ball of garbage. It actually rewards big corporations to default on health care and pay the penalty (saving corporations lots of money), which in turn hands over the majority of health care services to the government. We all know what happens when government takes over a sector. Any one who has been in the DMV line knows what I’m talking about. And once you get to the counter you will rarely see a happy face or quality service. America will be in big trouble if we can’t get rid of this socialistic system not to mention that will cost us trillions of dollars and bankrupt our country and perhaps our entrepreneurial souls.