Keep your single payer to yourselves, leave the rest of us out of it. I see your socialism and I piss on it
Thank you for that cogent and articulate analysis of the issue. It's apparent that you gave a lot of thought to it. You are an indispensable asset to this board and always assure a high level of discourse and debate. But perhaps you can tell us .....why are you so angry and threatened by the concept of single payer?
I have no problem with single-payer if it's absolutely voluntary as Obama care should've been. All socialist entitlement programs should be 100% voluntary there's nothing wrong with that, is there?
Well to be honest, I don't know for sure what would be wrong with it. Let's think about that. A single payer system would be funded by tax dollars. Those additional taxes would be off set by the fact that people would have fewer out of pocket expenses like deductibles and co pays and lower premiums. Maybe no premiums. Would those who choose to opt out be willing to pay those same taxes, or would we need to adopt an even more complex tax code to accommodate duel systems where some people buy insurance on the open market and others don't?
Another issue is the fact that any insurance system is only as good and stable as the pool of insured persons. There would need to be assurance that there would be sufficient numbers of younger health people who are part of the system for it to work. I'm not saying voluntary can't work. Just saying that I have questions about it. Your thoughts?
The depth of your lack of understanding of the healthcare insurance industry is staggering.
I suggest you begin (and, I DO mean, begin) your study by researching the Law of Large Numbers.
Then, you should follow that up by understanding how insurance companies make their money. Apparently, you are under the mistaken impression that insurance companies make their money on insurance.
Finally, you should study the impact of taxes, as well as the impact of redistribution of wealth. As an aside, you might want to look into the VERY consistent history of government levies on the people.
Until then, frankly, you are definitively unqualified to discuss the subject at hand.