[–] LewsTherinTelamon 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
I'm not really in favor of inserting another layer of bueracracy between myself and healthcare.
Also before we go expanding medicare I would suggest we figure out how to pay for it...
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160622/NEWS/160629973
[–] Aldo 3 points -3 points 0 points (+0|-3) ago
I don't see a big difference:
Now its: Doctor -> Insurance Company -> You
Government care: Doctor -> Government -> You
The government doesn't make money off you like an insurance company does so your costs should go down. We all hate bureaucracy, but even companies have layers and layers of bureaucracy and they try to squeeze out profit when they can as well.
[–] LewsTherinTelamon 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The government doesn't make money off you like an insurance company does so your costs should go down.
I disagree. The government would indeed "make money off of me the way an insurance company does" if I am taxed by the government for insurance. That is exactly what happens at that point. Which is what I don't want. Money gets misappropriated in government all the time.
The additional government employees and oversight will also cost money further reducing economic efficiency of the system.
But I digress, you didn't even touch the insolvency issue so I can't even begin to entertain growing the system as it is.
[–] SuperSaiyanCock 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Problem is the government doesn't negotiate anything so this will do nothing in stopping rising healthcare costs.
Higher healthcare costs higher taxes in this instance.
[–] Aldo ago
Republicans can push to repeal part of the law that prevents the government from negotiating drug prices, that would go a long way to help medicare part D, then the insurance companies can use that as a starting point for their negotiations and reduce the cost of prescriptions.