Dave Petno

Some "uninsured" have better coverage than I do!

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:28:09 -0500

I was performing a 7AM employee meeting yesterday at a nursing home explaining their new coverage.

During my presentation, one of the nurse aids mentioned that she currently does not have coverage, but participates with a program run by Cleveland's MetroHealth Hospital (a highly-rated, public hospital). As I was explaining the prescription drug coverage of the plan I was installing, she politely interrupted and asked me "how does your plan compare to the $5.00 prescriptions that I get at Metro?". I asked her to explain more, and she told me that through Metro, she gets $5.00 prescriptions, low cost doctor's visits, pays nothing for therapy, diagnosti, and inpatient. She pays no monthly premium because of her income.

Technically she is UNINSURED. She would show up in the number of 47 Million uninsured that Obama and others are constantly fretting about.

However, if this "Uninsured" lady, and my wife...who is fully insured with a high deductible HSA Plan both had a major hospitalization........who do you think would come out owing more money? You bet, my wife would owe more.

So maybe being "uninsured" is not always so bad.

Canadian Premier comes to the US for Heart Surgery

Tue, 2 Feb 2010 06:01:41 -0500

I thought they had a better system then WE do???? No?

N.L. Premier Danny Williams is scheduled to have surgery this week. (CBC)

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams is set to undergo heart surgery this week in the United States.

CBC News confirmed Monday that Williams, 59, left the province earlier in the day and will have surgery later in the week.

The premier's office provided few details, beyond confirming that he would have heart surgery and saying that it was not necessarily a routine procedure.

Deputy Premier Kathy Dunderdale is scheduled to hold a news conference Tuesday morning.

She's expected to provide more details about Williams's condition, as well as how the provincial government will function during his absence.

CBC reporter David Cochrane said Williams appeared to be in good health recently. He described the premier as "fairly active," playing pick-up hockey at least once a week when work permits.

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Obama admits lack of transparency...and accepts blame for bad choices others made.

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:31:18 -0500

"I did not make a bunch of deals"
--BHO describing how he was not involved in the bribery of Senators to pass Obamacare.

I guess it depends on what the meaning of "a bunch of deals" is...

No Medicare Administrator ONE YEAR INTO Obama Term

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:01:53 -0500

Yes, it is one year into the Obama administration, and he still has not nominated and seated the top Medicare oversight slot. There is no Administrator for CMS.

Do we need HC Reform?

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:15:57 -0500

By Dave Petno

I don't think anyone, even me, would say we don't need reform.

However, the "reform" that I desire and the "reform" that Obama and the congress are speaking of are 180 degrees opposite

a better term for what Obama says regarding reform is "regulation" or even "nationalization"

by "reform" we mean, making things better for the consumer, letting markets work, so that non-government companies can compete...driving up quality and drive down prices.....like everywhere else in our economy (computers, cell phones, flat pannel TVs....)

Our reform does not include increasing taxes on people and giving it to the government to spend on our behalf

Our reforms, we hope, will create a vibrant private (non-government) market...that will be in higher demand by the consumer...

Obama's reforms will destroy private markets. Period

I do not trust anything that can come out of this Congress. I am convinced that whatever it is will be bad for our industry. They are a poison tree, and all of their fruits will be tainted as well.

Gird your loins......we have won the battle against the 2000 page monstrosity, but the war against Statism, Socialism, and Obamaism continues.

Obama Spokesman: We don't really have healthcare at the top of the pile

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:13:13 -0500

Obamacare Dead: 1/21/2010

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:55:08 -0500

Yes it is dead. The 2000 Page monstrosity will not pass, nor will it be forced on the American People.

We can thank Ted Kennedy for changing the rules when he thought that John Kerry was to be elected president, and Mitt Romney was the governor. Uncle Teddy forced through a change that called for a special election, rather than having the Governor appoint the empty seat.

Fast forward to 2010, the election to fill Uncle Ted's seat....turned to a national referendum on Obamacare, and a conservative Scott Brown won.

RIP Obamacare........and let's hope that John McCain does not seek to resurrect it.

Government TSA great example of future Obamacare

Fri, 8 Jan 2010 15:55:47 -0500

CNN Anchor goes nuts over Obamacare Secrecy

Thu, 7 Jan 2010 14:02:12 -0500

Obamacare: uniting the Left and the Right

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:18:43 -0500

Also.....now the left is arguing that 1300 Private Insurance companies constitutes a monopoly. Arguing that monopolies are bad....only to argue that government-only monopolies are good. ??????