Not invented here universal health insurance.

[Paul53]

AMERICA: Most expensive healthcare in the world, 25% administrative overhead, Number 1 cause of bankruptcy, the poorest have to get healthcare at the most expensive place to get it, ie The ER. Not to mention government involvement. Warren Buffet labeled American healthcare as "The tapeworm on the American economy."

 

What if I told you we could have universal coverage, lower cost, 5% or less admin overhead, and NOBODY goes bankrupt? Forget OBamacare, Medicare and Medicaid. Look at healthcare systems in The Netherlands, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Viet Nam. None of these envy the American healthcare in the slightest. Why do we keep it?

 

The government influence varies greatly, the German system has almost none. Some have parallel systems, people can buy extra insurance to get Deluxe coverage of sorts, but everybody is insured, no co-pays!

 

America can do it! Take the best of these other systems, stop big pharma and insurance companies from influencing ($) Washington politics. We put men on the moon! Why can't we give all citizens basic healthcare? It's proven cheaper, allows for extra insurance to increase convenience if that's important to you.

[janice6]

Doesn't make any difference the type or quality of care, as long as we have politicians lining their pockets for regulations that help deep pocket health  care firms and pharmaceuticals.  Nothing will change.  

Career politicians are the problem at all levels of society.

Look at the cost of advertising prescription medicine to the general public on mass media, just to get the patient to pressure doctors into prescribing "their" drugs.

Edited April 17, 2020 by janice6

[Paul53]

8 hours ago, janice6 said:

Doesn't make any difference the type or quality of care, as long as we have politicians lining their pockets for regulations the help deep pocket health  care firms and pharmaceuticals.  Nothing will change.  

Career politicians are the problem at all levels of society.

Look at the cost of advertising prescription medicine to the general public on mass media, just to get the patient to pressure doctors into prescribing "their" drugs.

Thanks for the reply. Good points one and all. It appears the dump isn't getting drained very fast. What or when will Americans catch on? We're just 2 voices in the forest. Typically people fear paying higher taxes for someone else's healthcare. One comment stated people pay "80% taxes on income" for healthcare for all. I never researched that directly, but in Pro vs Con comparisons cost never was listed as a con. Long story short, KEEPING people in good health costs far less than GETTING them in good health.

Edited April 17, 2020 by Paul53