Are we honestly that stupid that we think that we can succeed where every other country that operates something similar has failed?
Failed at what?
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Are we honestly that stupid that we think that we can succeed where every other country that operates something similar has failed?
http://sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=47d632b8-4a43-4d2b-b500-cb2c105e93ef
WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced today that he introduced legislation to provide health care for every American through a Medicare-for-all type single-payer system.
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) filed a companion bill in the House to provide better care for more patients at less cost by eliminating the middle-man role played by private insurance companies that rake off billions of dollars in profits.
The twin measures, both called the American Health Security Act of 2011, would provide federal guidelines and strong minimum standards for states to administer single-payer health care programs.
I'm still drawn to 'medicare plus'- revamping Medicare and opening it to all American adults who choose to enroll. Allowing younger, healthier individuals in would better spread risk and should bring down costs. Also, we need to ensure that various providers must compete for contracts and health care providers are able to purchase medications from the least expensive (verified) source
Government run medicare is not based on age. Granted, most are seniors. But the government can't keep track of who is not dead yet, so there is no way they will be able to track who is what age.
http://sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=47d632b8-4a43-4d2b-b500-cb2c105e93ef
WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced today that he introduced legislation to provide health care for every American through a Medicare-for-all type single-payer system.
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) filed a companion bill in the House to provide better care for more patients at less cost by eliminating the middle-man role played by private insurance companies that rake off billions of dollars in profits.
The twin measures, both called the American Health Security Act of 2011, would provide federal guidelines and strong minimum standards for states to administer single-payer health care programs.
Single universal payer is a good start.
But if that's all it is, if that system cannot hold HC prices in tandem with overall inflation, then it will bankrupt the nation.
And we all know the problems associated with price fixing, right?
Hell much of the reason the cost of HC has risen so quickly has to do with our governments and insurance providers NOT fighting to keep down HC costs.
Now in the cause of private HC insurance companies, it is in their VESTED interested to allow the cost of HC to rise.
Their premiums are based on the overall cost of medicine, aren't they?
The more medicine costs, the more money THEY make selling HC insurance.
So much for the efficiency of free market capitalism, in this case, eh?