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Dutch Rojas
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Dutch Rojas
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- I asked my doctor the price for the procedure. She looked at me like I'd asked her to explain the plot of 'Inception' using only interpretive dance. Apparently, in the medical world, asking for prices is like asking for the secret menu at a fancy restaurant. It exists, but
- Every year, the United States Government gives $40 billion to insurance companies. And that’s just the start. The Official Story: When you buy health insurance on the Obamacare marketplace, the government helps in two ways: 1. They lower your monthly payment (premiumAnyway, the Dems shut down the government in order to safeguard their $40B/yr Obamacare slush fund, that funnels our money to UnitedHealth, and other multinational for-profit business corporations, while U.S. citizens choke on $25K premiums for trash coverage. They all hate you.
- The government is killing Americans by withholding monoclonal antibody treatments.
- The ACA was the greatest piece of legislation ever passed? Spare me. Such a claim is not merely hyperbolic, it is historically illiterate. The Affordable Care Act passed in 2010, was not a triumph of reform but a masterpiece of political theatre and economic distortion. It didI know it can feel like a different era sometimes. But fifteen years ago, I signed the Affordable Care Act into law. Now nearly 50 million people have received health care through the ACA. With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a
00:00 - Here’s a puzzle: Why does health insurance work so differently from every other kind of insurance? Your car insurance doesn’t pay for oil changes. Your homeowner’s insurance doesn’t cover paint. Insurance is supposed to protect against catastrophic, unpredictable costs. But
- Physicians in the United States are banned from owning hospitals. That’s not a conspiracy theory—it’s Section 6001 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), passed in 2010. Here’s how it happened: •Congress needed votes for the ACA. •The American Hospital Association (AHA) made a
- $24,000 a year for health insurance premiums. Add a $7,500 deductible, and you’re $31,500 out-of-pocket before insurance even begins to pay. This isn’t healthcare. It’s financial ruin disguised as protection. Here’s the truth: free market capitalism drives competition,
- They made it illegal for doctors to compare prices. Called it “price fixing.” Said it would hurt consumers. Then they let insurers and health systems sit in a room and set everyone’s prices. Called it “managed care.” So now: Doctors can’t collaborate. Employers can’t see
- Ruben, May I take a shot at helping you understand? You receive donations and have become a spokesperson for Banner Health and the University of Arizona teaching hospital, Arizona’s largest nonprofit health system. You say you’re “fighting to make sure” insurance premiumsGroceries. Rent. Utilities. Everything is too expensive. And Republicans’ plan? Jack up your health insurance premiums by hundreds, maybe thousands of dollars. I’m fighting to make sure that doesn’t happen.
- Show me one Democrat Leader who has apologized for lying about the ACA. “Keep your doctor.” Lie. “Keep your plan.” Lie. “Premiums will drop.” Lie. They sold it like a Costco membership and vanished when it blew up. Roll the tape:
00:00 - Obamacare promised you could keep your plan. You lost it. They said premiums would drop. They spiked. You called it “health reform.” They called it “recurring revenue.”
- Imagine billing $40,000 for a hospital colonoscopy and still putting “nonprofit” in your mission statement. That’s not healthcare. That’s theater.
- A physician I know performed a complex surgery at a hospital. Health System billed: $78,000 Health System Paid: $40,000 Physician Reimbursement: $1,100 Health Systems take the lion’s share. Physicians take the hit. No physician wants to be employed. #healthcare
