TexM3
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And then you end up with the VA.. Simple, the profiteering by the private insurance is taken out of it... That is what needs to happen. Our lives are not to be based upon profits, otherwise as to whether or not we live or die... Period.That's easy, the gov. They are supposed to be the gatekeepers. They can't effectively regulate the private healthcare industry what evidence is there they will be able to manage a single payer system? The results at the VA?. Who is the most corrupt, the government or the health insurance industry in which denies people services based upon pre'existing conditions, focuses on profits more so than offering quality plans, charges to much for the plans it offers, denies claims based upon ridiculous criteria used thus casting the claim onto the client or even using it to drop coverage... You want to remain in such a situation or get into one that works for all ?Why on earth would you give control of an entire industry to an entity that has demonstrated nothing but incompetence.My idea is this... The feds should take over the healthcare insurance industry period, then take those corporate offices over to have the employee's work for the government as a fraud detection agency, along with an accounts managing operation for the citizens and the government ...Then tax every citizen in this nation for a healthcare card that will be issued to every single American, and it will be honored at every legitimate clinic, doctors office and hospital that will be recognized as official or is certified in the nation..... In a pool this large (300 + million strong), the cost to us per week would be miniscule. Prisoners would even have to pay in per week out of their jail or prison work pay and/or rations. Every American would have healthcare insurance, and access to the same healthcare every American in the nation has access too. Choice would lead us to re-install the rights as to where the citizen would be able to take that card and to choose anywhere they wish to use it in our lives (i.e. they can keep their doctors, and their favorite places to get their care if legit). The sales tax idea is good too, but insurance corps need to be taken over for the purpose of incorporating them into the government to use to manage the system just like it is doing today, but haven't been doing in the national interest of the nation and it's citizens.
The only thing they are good at is becoming corrupt.
A better solution wold be for the regulators to do their job. Apply the same anti-trust standards to healthcare like they do to other industries driving prices down to something affordable. The problem is corruption/regulatory capture. It's happens in big pharma, the banks, the food industry ect..it's become ubiquitous. That is the problem with a large powerful central gov. always has been and will be. The founders knew it and tried to prevent it but...