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Originally Posted by wiphan
I agree with the donut hole thing, but Medicare is not better than my current insurance and definitely has some major issues
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Medicare is worse than some, and better than some, private insurance policies. The point, and the reason it exists, is that it insures people (old, sick) that no private insurance company would. Medicare was created for a reason - and that reason (old sick people need insurance and private companies won't insure them) hasn't disappeared and will not.
I think buying into Medicare should be offered to any and all Americans. Don't declare a single payer, let the market decide.
Let private insurance companies compete with that offered plan, at that price.
That probably
would lose thousands of insurance company jobs (which is why we don't have single payer in this country - the insurance company lobby)
PPACA is helping people that are not insured now. Why people who are insured hate that is beyond me - because we are currently paying, through our insurance and medical costs, for those uninsured now. I'd much rather they have insurance, get better medical care because they can afford it, and stop only being seen in crisis mode (expensive for us).
And the consumer protections for us who are insured are a good thing - not something to dislike. That's crazy!
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No that is not what I said. The insurance companies will see a substantial loss of employment period
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How will the insurance companies will see a loss of employment? 30 million more people will now be insured by them (it's estimated 18 million additional have already been ensured) The private insurance companies certainly won't lose business,
they are gaining it.
You'll notice the day the PPACA passed, insurance stocks went up - not down.