bripat9643
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Here's the thing, though.
Private Health insurance in the long run is unsustainable. Eventually, medical care becomes so expensive, no one can afford the insurance.
Government has already taken on the hard-cases. the elderly, the poor, the disabled- who need constant and expensive care.
So private insurance is left just caring for the people who are mostly healthy.
ObamaCare attempts to preserve the status quo by forcing people to pay into the system who could and weren't and adding additional government subsidies for those who can't, but it speeds up the demise of the system by essentially eliminating the ability of insurance companies to refuse payment for pre-existing conditions.
Essentially, allowing you to buy car insurance AFTER you've had the accident.
The point you seem to be missing is that medical care doesn't get any cheaper when the government runs it. In fact, the same quality and quantity of care becomes more expensive. That's the reason Medicare is headed for bankruptcy.
Putting government in charge doesn't solve the problem.
Giving everyone access to the latest and most expensive treatments available is never going to be affordable. Rationing is going to have to occur. The only question is how it should occur.