Comments on: Act 62 – What Will It Really Mean for Pennsylvania? http://www.5minutesforspecialneeds.com/828/what-will-it-really-mean/ Support. Insight. Inspiration Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:35:08 -0400 hourly 1 By: Trish http://www.5minutesforspecialneeds.com/828/what-will-it-really-mean/#comment-40217 Trish Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:20:41 +0000 http://www.5minutesforspecialneeds.com/?p=828#comment-40217 Thanks for your comment, Barbara. It is a very complex topic and I definitely am at the beginning of the learning curve. We have some good people working on this, and hopefully we will have a decent framework in place by July 1st. Thanks for your comment, Barbara. It is a very complex topic and I definitely am at the beginning of the learning curve.

We have some good people working on this, and hopefully we will have a decent framework in place by July 1st.

]]> By: Barbara http://www.5minutesforspecialneeds.com/828/what-will-it-really-mean/#comment-39269 Barbara Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:48:36 +0000 http://www.5minutesforspecialneeds.com/?p=828#comment-39269 I'm sad to see no other comments on this. I also understand why. I might suspect that among the legislators, regulators and citizen advocates - someone(s) - intentionally complicate the process to deter people from looking close enough to understand (yours is not the only head that is swimming, Trish.) And for everyone who is not in PA and thinking this does not apply to them, well, I understand you, too. You have enough dealing with your own particular insurance issues. But everything related to (a) government-oversite of medical or medically-related care has something to do with the care your child receives. Trish shows that (despite good intentions) even massive regulations often leave a few cracks. In PA, in these few paragraphs, we see BIG government and BIG insurance interacting in the only way I have ever witnessed - through BIG regulation. The farther the control of services is from the patient, the more complicated the control is over the patient, the more restricted the services will be. Because "if the state decides it isn't saving enough money" the heavy regulation and control is all about money. I should stop now, and try to keep my opinions on my own blog. I'm sad to see no other comments on this. I also understand why. I might suspect that among the legislators, regulators and citizen advocates – someone(s) – intentionally complicate the process to deter people from looking close enough to understand (yours is not the only head that is swimming, Trish.)

And for everyone who is not in PA and thinking this does not apply to them, well, I understand you, too. You have enough dealing with your own particular insurance issues. But everything related to (a) government-oversite of medical or medically-related care has something to do with the care your child receives.

Trish shows that (despite good intentions) even massive regulations often leave a few cracks. In PA, in these few paragraphs, we see BIG government and BIG insurance interacting in the only way I have ever witnessed – through BIG regulation.

The farther the control of services is from the patient, the more complicated the control is over the patient, the more restricted the services will be.

Because "if the state decides it isn't saving enough money" the heavy regulation and control is all about money.

I should stop now, and try to keep my opinions on my own blog.

]]> By: Another Piece of the Puzzle » A Bumpy Road, Maybe, But Headed In the Right Direction http://www.5minutesforspecialneeds.com/828/what-will-it-really-mean/#comment-39045 Another Piece of the Puzzle » A Bumpy Road, Maybe, But Headed In the Right Direction Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:36:27 +0000 http://www.5minutesforspecialneeds.com/?p=828#comment-39045 [...] over at 5 Minutes for Special Needs today sharing about a talk I attended last night related to the autism insurance bill passed last [...] [...] over at 5 Minutes for Special Needs today sharing about a talk I attended last night related to the autism insurance bill passed last [...]

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