@snoopydawg

They will go as far as they can get away with, that is why we are at the crossroads where we either finally put a stop to it or we enter some dystopia until things get to the point its so bad it just blows up in revolt.

If we are lucky we have a 6 year window but Trump is moving so fast we may only have 2, so if Bernie runs again everyone better do everything they can it could be a last shot.

Will we be seeing more of this type of event after the republicans gut Medicare and Medicaid? The PTB have been attacking us since at least Reagan's presidency and after the economic crisis we saw the banks get bailed out while main stream Americans were left to fend for themselves. Bush cut taxes on the rich and then Obama made them permanent. Now the republicans cut taxes again and we know they are coming for the social programs. The class war is an all out assault and who knows how far they are willing to take it?

Mayo to give preference to privately insured patients over Medicaid patients
Pushback on Medicaid, Medicare part of a trend.

Mayo will always take patients, regardless of payer source, when it has medical expertise that they can’t find elsewhere, said Dr. John Noseworthy, Mayo’s CEO. But when two patients are referred with equivalent conditions, he said the health system should “prioritize” those with private insurance.

Prioritize people who have better insurance. Sorry grandma who has to rely on Medicaid, your life isn't worth as much as this person.

But Allan Baumgarten, a Twin Cities health analyst, envisioned scenarios when it could affect Mayo’s scheduling of patients. Caseworkers already take insurance information when patients call for appointments, he noted.

“So I can imagine when they ... sit down at their computer scheduling system to see when the first opening is available for a nephrology consultation,” he said, “and if they have two requests, maybe they give the first opening to the guy with good medical insurance and maybe they say, ‘Well, for the person with Medicaid, for you it’s not two months, it’s four months before we have our next opening.’ ”

How long until the caseworkers call the poor grandma who has the 4 months out appointment and tell her that it's now going to be 6 months before the clinic can see her? Hopefully her condition isn't very painful.

Anyone else bothered by this? What other areas might we see this type of event happening? Grayson told us that the republican plan for health insurance is for us to get sick and die. The sooner the better, right? Quick.... get on the phone and tell everyone that they need to vote for the democrats so we can pass Medicare for all. s/ ?

@snoopydawg when it comes to the hollowing out of our country. This is the end game of neoliberalism. The United States is rapidly becoming a verifiable third world country with record inequality, the impoverishment of the middle class, and the pillaging of the commons.

Will we be seeing more of this type of event after the republicans gut Medicare and Medicaid? The PTB have been attacking us since at least Reagan's presidency and after the economic crisis we saw the banks get bailed out while main stream Americans were left to fend for themselves. Bush cut taxes on the rich and then Obama made them permanent. Now the republicans cut taxes again and we know they are coming for the social programs. The class war is an all out assault and who knows how far they are willing to take it?

Mayo to give preference to privately insured patients over Medicaid patients
Pushback on Medicaid, Medicare part of a trend.

Mayo will always take patients, regardless of payer source, when it has medical expertise that they can’t find elsewhere, said Dr. John Noseworthy, Mayo’s CEO. But when two patients are referred with equivalent conditions, he said the health system should “prioritize” those with private insurance.

Prioritize people who have better insurance. Sorry grandma who has to rely on Medicaid, your life isn't worth as much as this person.

But Allan Baumgarten, a Twin Cities health analyst, envisioned scenarios when it could affect Mayo’s scheduling of patients. Caseworkers already take insurance information when patients call for appointments, he noted.

“So I can imagine when they ... sit down at their computer scheduling system to see when the first opening is available for a nephrology consultation,” he said, “and if they have two requests, maybe they give the first opening to the guy with good medical insurance and maybe they say, ‘Well, for the person with Medicaid, for you it’s not two months, it’s four months before we have our next opening.’ ”

How long until the caseworkers call the poor grandma who has the 4 months out appointment and tell her that it's now going to be 6 months before the clinic can see her? Hopefully her condition isn't very painful.

Anyone else bothered by this? What other areas might we see this type of event happening? Grayson told us that the republican plan for health insurance is for us to get sick and die. The sooner the better, right? Quick.... get on the phone and tell everyone that they need to vote for the democrats so we can pass Medicare for all. s/ ?