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Originally Posted by joeydb
Never said that improvements couldn't be made. But that 2200+ page bill and all the bureaucrats it will put in between you and your doctor is not the answer.
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There are no bureaucrats put between you and your doctor, Joey. Zero additional bureaucrats. Just the same as always. Except your insurance company can't abuse you.
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And the proponents of the bill really wanted (and still want) "single payer" - socialized medicine.
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Absolutely single payer, but that's not "socialized medicine". Medicare for everyone would insure every person in the US and decrease our healthcare costs by 1/2. That would be awesome.
Right now, Medicare is extremely efficient, very low-cost (half the cost) with better outcomes, than our comparable private insurance companies.
There is a difference between government run hospitals and group insurance from the government, Joey = two different things. We'll never have National Health Care ("socialized" as you fearfully call it)
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The closer you make insurance to a true market based entity the better.
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No. The US is the only true "market based" insurance (private insurance), and it is a disaster, and the most expensive in the world, with exceedingly poor outcomes for the dollar.