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"Really"? Full disclosure, 'Old Guy'- I grew up with full government health


"Really"? Full disclosure, 'Old Guy'- I grew up with full government health  

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Author: TheCrow   Date: 10/21/2021 2:23:05 PM  +2/-0   Show Orig. Msg (this window) Or  In New Window

Full disclosure, 'Old Guy'- I grew up with full government healthcare, until I turned 21. 


First, my father was career Army and then I enlisted. The first 8 years of my current marriage was to an Army field surgeon (family practictioner ROTC) so I have a clue. What is true about single payer that you demean is also true about 95% of private health insurnce- you get what they provide and have to fight for a choice.


I had zero issues such as you describe. If I didn't like the practitioner, I could select from a broad list of other 'approved' providers. Pretty much what you want, yes? If I decided on another provider, that was my choice and you're all about individual responsibility, right. I don't didn't and never will whine about my choices and I expect to pay for what I want.


America already has socialized medecine, pucknutz. The uninsured patient bills are paid, indirectly and inefficiently by insurance companies, providers and ultimately by all Americans. The system is random. Any logical organization of the healthcare system would be helpful. What you die of in one state/public system would have been treated at inception in another state/public system.


America has Obamacare now, but only the worst parts of it. Thank you very much Congressional Republicans, for killing the cow but leaving the cow pile for America.


Example- open enrolment, a brief period when you can join a healthcare indurance group at merely outrageous premiums. The rest of the year, you're not part of a group, so you  pay extraordinarily outrageous premiums. One is better off being a John Doe at the emergency department- visit one and you'll see a crown that looks just like the people on the street because they are. The ED can't refuse to treat and then you walk out and ignore the bill... too often to mention.


Insurance companies are the second strongest lobbying body in America, close behind the defence lobby. The current state of affairs is exactly what they want, although they would love to rape and pillage the population with an actual universal healthcare, but congress doesn't want all that extra work or responsibility of oversight.


But again, I'm 72 with all my teeth, 20/25 vision and more or less mentally intact, perhaps because I started with a quarter century of free medical...?


I will give Trump props for the proposal you mention. But, as I said, the insurance lobby is very strong and he knew, ultimately, which side of his toast was buttered.


 
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