YoursTruly
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- Dec 21, 2019
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Doesn't it keep the middle man?
Instead of for-profit insurance companies paying the medical bills, its just (presumably) not for profit consortium?
How is this an advantage?
Yes, it's still "for profit." Why shouldn't the MP's profit from helping people. It's a free market trade off. The doctors treat and cure people. And the people pay THEM. And not the money brokering insurance companies.
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This is why medical costs are so high.
Insulating the consumer from the actual costs of the goods and services he receives leads to consumers not caring how much those goods and services cost, as they just pay a small monthly premium.
With MP's insurance, I can't see why the premiums would go up. With a system like this, they'd be eliminating billions of dollars in overhead (the entire health insurance industry).
Sure, the MP's could get greedy. And will probably do so in time. But we're already getting greedy insurance companies. Every time they've went before congress and asked for a raise, they got it.
They get a raise and premiums go up.
Want to drive down costs and improve quality of care?
Get rid of insurance altogether.
Great idea. Then anyone who can't afford healthcare, can just die. C'mon man. That's no good.