Why do we allow private insurance companies to decide how health care is accessible?

[Crepitus]

Most of the first world and some of the second have government run healthcare. That comes back to the government running it. Is that what you want?

Yes.

 

[Crepitus]

Well, good luck. Single-payer systems are not perfect, either.

Nobody has ever said they were perfect, just better.

 

[Diogenes]

We pay more for medical care than any nation in the world.

And we don't get our money's worth, IMO. There's no doubt in my mind that the rising cost of medical treatment has been influenced by insurance companies and government programs that raise overheads with administrative expenses.

 

[Diogenes]

The person who needs the care and his/her doctor.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Diogenes]

Yes.

It's not perfect, either, and when the government "pays", it uses taxpayer money.

 

[Crepitus]

It's not perfect, either, and when the government "pays", it uses taxpayer money.

Nobody ever said it was perfect, just better.

 

[Diogenes]

Nobody ever said it was perfect, just better.

In what way is it "better"?

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Obviously.

So, when government decides to ration your healthcare because of costs or limited availability, you're good with it as compared to some insurance company doing the exact same thing hum?

 

[T. A. Gardner]

The person who needs the care and his/her doctor.

And when the doctor asks for payment and the person can't afford it...?

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Yes.

When has government ever been more efficient than private industry?

 

[Hawkeye10]

Because the healthcare system is deeply broken....a complete disaster....and the limited attempts to fix it have been complete failures.

Can I help you with anything else today?

I am here to help!

 

[SmarterthanYou]

Yes. Not capitalistic predators.

have you not seen enough idiocy from the government over the last 30 years to understand that government shouldn't be allowed to decide anything?????

 

[Hume]

have you not seen enough idiocy from the government over the last 30 years to understand that government shouldn't be allowed to decide anything?????

I know you fascists want Trump to be a dictator.

 

[Hume]

When has government ever been more efficient than private industry?

Always.

 

[Hume]

So, when government decides to ration your healthcare

Private control of health care does that now.

 

[LurchAddams]

They are parasites and should be illegal.

Because insurance companies have armies of lobbyists who wine and dine politicians on both sides so that they can gouge Americans as best as possible. Obamacare could have been done much more cheaply - the insurance lobby just wouldn't and won't allow it!

The solution - get money out of politics - and good luck with that - too many pigs at the trough would lose their easy money.

 

[Hume]

Because insurance companies have armies of lobbyists who wine and dine politicians on both sides so that they can gouge Americans as best as possible. Obamacare could have been done much more cheaply - the insurance lobby just wouldn't and won't allow it!

The solution - get money out of politics - and good luck with that - too many pigs at the trough would lose their easy money.

And stop electing conservative Democrats like Obama!

 

[SmarterthanYou]

I know you fascists want Trump to be a dictator.

TDS much?

 

[Hume]

TDS much?

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[SmarterthanYou]

zzzzzzzz

I knew that was all you could muster