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This just this it's time for thisI'm all for the single payer system.
This just this it's time for thisI'm all for the single payer system.
The only reason I don't say fuck it and pay the tiny penalty out of my taxes is because my Son has health needs and the insurance covers most of it. If it were not for the kids I would say fuck the insurance man.Jesus Fucking Christ. That's a ridiculous amount of money for health insurance. Most people can't manage making payments like that, especially living in overpriced cities where the rent is too damn high. No wonder so many people take the risk and go into massive debt.
It feels wrong to click the like button and agree with you.. But there it is.This just this it's time for this
Unfortunately, if the private health insurance companies disappeared a lot of people would lose their jobs. Like me...
When have they ever done that....ACA was not a step in the right direction. A lot of people got horribly boned on that deal. My gf's premiums tripled and she had to pay a fine for not having insurance because she couldn't afford it.
I'd be ok with single payer possibly, but they need to have their ducks in a row before proposing it. It's going to be really expensive so they need to draw the funds from somewhere instead of just saying let's pass it now and figure out the details later.
demanding action on five ideas: letting the federal government use its authority under Medicare to negotiate down the cost of drugs; enhancing Obamacare's tax credits and help for out-of-pocket costs; funding a federal reinsurance program; letting people buy into Medicare before they reach age 65; and creating incentives for 17 holdouts states to expand Medicaid to people making 138 percent of the federal poverty level.
https://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/democrats-demand-action-to-solve-rising-aca-premiums
Good. ACA was a step in the right direction but our healthcare system still needs big improvements. I'd like to know who would qualify for tax credits under the new proposal.
They don't, or they lowball the shit out of the cost. I literally have not seen anything that came in at the proposed cost. In Hawaii, we had a half built train platform near my house that they wanted to build and then just ran out of money.When have they ever done that....
ACA has been fucking horrible. Not sure how you are so ignorant. Obama's plan was for Obamacare to fail. Then bring socialist healthcare system here.
Everyone's premiums have skyrocketed since that piece of shit Obama fucked us.
Costs will be astronomical as long as a for-profit middleman exists in the equation.
Try $1500 a month.I'm fine with having private health insurance companies, as long as purchasing insurance is heavily subsidized for people who don't get it through their employer. Right now there are people who have to spend hundreds a month for exchange plans, who do not qualify for any subsidies. That's unacceptable.
What if we ........
Get a national healthcare plan going and everything else in america stays the same and we dont become Venezuela ? Think we could do that ?
Don’t feel bad; I clicked the like button for @bobgeese in this thread.It feels wrong to click the like button and agree with you.. But there it is.
Not really. Health insurance is a low-profit business. The bigger factor in single payer bringing down total costs is the superior bargaining power that one main buyer has (the opposite of a monopoly) and a greater willingness to say no to pointless, expensive treatments. A problem with U.S. costs that wouldn't be fixed by better negotiating is the extremely high doctor pay relative to norms in other developed countries.
Don’t feel bad; I clicked the like button for @bobgeese in this thread.
The only reason I don't say fuck it and pay the tiny penalty out of my taxes is because my Son has health needs and the insurance covers most of it. If it were not for the kids I would say fuck the insurance man.
Of course, part of the reason we have such inflated pay for doctors is that getting through four years of college then med school usually entails $250k+ debt in the good ‘ole US of A.
Not really. Health insurance is a low-profit business. The bigger factor in single payer bringing down total costs is the superior bargaining power that one main buyer has (the opposite of a monopoly) and a greater willingness to say no to pointless, expensive treatments. A problem with U.S. costs that wouldn't be fixed by better negotiating is the extremely high doctor pay relative to norms in other developed countries.