There are millions and millions of families that don't have $7000 and no way of coming up with it because of bad credit.
Which translates into delaying treatment, which increases morbidity and drives up costs. Or they wind up in the ER with a broken leg that the hospital is compelled to treat, by law.
Trump is right, it is more complicated than most people realize. Jonathan Gruber is clueless.
Actually it isn't that complicated.
People are duped because it is much easier to play on someone's fear of the unknown when it comes to healthcare, because people are inherently afraid of getting sick because they are even more afraid of dying. That is the crux of it right there.
I will break it down very simply. It is the easiest way to deliver healthcare AND pay for it in the most efficient way possible, positively impact the most people and most importantly keep out the federal government.
Now, first people must reeducate themselves. Unfortunately the left has done too good a job equating insurance with healthcare. It is ridiculous and perverts the language while confusing the population. Insurance does not equate to care. Get that through your thick skulls
Now what kind of system would benefit the most people?
First decouple medical insurance from employment AND the gobblement. For too long people have been shielded from the true costs of medical care and creates moral hazard.
Once you have done that, allow medical insurance to be sold across state lines the way automobile and homeowners insurance is done. Then what you would see happen is people would buy catastrophic policies to protect against improbable events (cancer, heart attack etc).
Everything else, people would pay cash for. Prescriptions, doctor's appointments, lab test etc. Now I know this is difficult for people to comprehend and wrap their heads around because they have been propagandized by the government and lived in a world of prices being driven up due to regulation so it doesn't allow them to consider that competition and choice would bring down healthcare costs just as it has done for computers, mobile phones etc.
Don't be fooled when liberals try to point to WHO statistics stating countries with universal healthcare (there is no such thing) have better outcomes. They try to point to things like infant mortality, and overall mortality to fool you. What they don't tell you is that nobody measures those things consistently so cross border comparisons are impossible. They also can't account for genetic and regional differences that impact mortality and have zero to do with delivery of care. However, if they were honest (and they are not) they would point to one aspect of care where you can compare outcomes internationally and that is the treatment of cancer. When you look at that particular disease, the United States beats just about every country in the civilized world and yes those with SINGLE PAYER. Why? Because we have the best and most innovative healthcare in the fucking world. Period.
Yes, the way we have paid for healthcare is inefficient but that is not because of the insurance companies as is widely believed it is because of the federal and state gobblements setting up disparities and creating chaos.
The lessons are free, what you choose to do with your newfound knowledge is up to you
