Jon Shafer

Stockton, CA

I'm somewhat of an introspective thinker. Give me black holes in space, theoretical physics, philosophy, matters of faith and God, the cultural dynamics at work in in our lives, and I'm intrigued. Think of it: life is never static, it is dynamic. As for faith, I tend to step very far outside my Christian roots. All religions, as I see it, have pieces of wisdom and of the truth, in some way. I keep wanting to believe the Creator, by whatever name we call him/her/it, desires of us to not only value the partial piece of truth we do have, but to open ourselves to the many other pieces of the grand puzzle of life held by others that may be shaped a little differently,

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Is the Media Protecting Private Insurance?

Hi Adam....

Good to meet you. But, oops, I inadvertently posted this twice when it appeared not to post the first time. Uggghhh! Hey, thanks for your referral and advice. Best regards, Jon.
Jon commented on the article | almost 3 years ago

Is the Media Protecting Private Insurance?

Hmmm, this whole health care evolutionary growth over the past 20 or so years is a sore that we have allowed to fester without treatment...and restraint.

I have long felt that the greedy insurance conglomerate that has swallowed up the practice of medicine needs to be exorcised!

I'm sick of seeing the continuing regurgitation of political rhetoric about forcing insurance costs down while we absently allow the insurers total control of the parameters by which the practice of medicine has instead become a shell game of practice-by-risk-management.

My thinking: NON-PROFIT.

Why non-profit health consortiums run much like credit unions where we deposit our money into a common pool , where there are no profit incentives, nor shareholders to pay? Or fat cat CEO's receiving millions for lackluster performance while average Americans are laid off or fired for theirs!

I recall a USA Today article back in the late 80s or early 90s about a group of Seattle doctors who opted out of the insurance racket, shunning the insurance companies and offering their patients instead much less costs by offering direct payment for their services.

Then I kept wondering, where the hell is the AMA and other health care professions on this idea? But apparently they, too, have been swallowed up by the insurance monolith.

For states and government to "require" us to purchase insurance is imposing economic servitude on those of us least able to afford it. There should be lawsuits in all 50 states, and eventually the Supreme Court, challenging any laws where health-profiteering clearly strikes the hardest and most unfairly upon the most vulnerable Americans...the uninsured.
Jon commented on the article | almost 3 years ago

Is the Media Protecting Private Insurance?

Hmmm, this whole health care evolutionary growth over the past 20 or so years is a sore that we have allowed to fester without treatment...and restraint.

I have long felt the greedy insurance conglomerate that has swallowed up the practice of medicine needs to be exorcised!
I'm sick of seeing the continuing regurgitation of political rhetoric about forcing insurance costs down while we absently allow the insurers total control of the parameters by which the practice of medicine has instead become a shell game of practice-by-risk-management.

My thinking: NON-PROFIT.

Why non-profit health consortiums run much like credit unions where we deposit our money into a common pool , where there are no profit incentives, nor shareholders to pay? Or fat cat CEO's getting millions, even for doing a miserable job!

I recall a USA Today article back in the late 80s or early 90s about a group of Seattle doctors who opted out of the insurance racket, shunning the insurance companies and offering their patients instead much less costs by offering direct payment for their services.

Then I kept wondering, where the hell is the AMA and other health care professions on this idea? But apparently they, too, have been swallowed up by the insurance monolith.

For states and government to "require" us to purchase insurance is imposing economic servitude on those of us least able to afford it. There should be lawsuits in all 50 states, and eventually the Supreme Court, challenging any laws where health-profiteering clearly strikes the hardest and most unfairly upon the most vulnerable Americans...the uninsured.