Best solution.....Hospital systems directly contracting with patients for levels of service. You pay them a certain amount a year for access to their facilities, and based on price, you can have different levels of service.
No middleman, with the extra overhead, that goes along with it.
The only “insurance” should be catastrophic insurance, that pays only for extraordinary costs. The sole purpose is to preserve wealth in cases of catastrophic medical bills, but not paying for every bruise or broken limb.
In the latter part of 2013, five years after a one-term Senator with no discernible past was elevated to the presidency, you're still proposing a "best solution"?
LOL. When are FR conservative porn addicts going to wake up and figure out the game? Perhaps never - volume is way down, while other sites that present a more complete picture are on the ascendancy.
It has always been about money. Whether private or public sector, banking balance sheets must continually expand. With the private sector (purposely) emasculated & outsourced, it leaves only government to take up the slack to avoid deflation. (Deflation kills both government & banks - since they "own" the country, this can't be allowed to occur.)
It doesn't matter what area is involved: health, energy, food, transport, security, etc. The debt MUST expand. Health care is the perfect vehicle in which to increase costs and force either individuals, or local/state/Fed governments to incur additional debt to finance this respective service.
I find it fascinating that at this late stage in the game, parlor room debates still take place regarding the philosophical nature of the political economy.
I suggest you fellas 'move on' and deal with the here & now. That is, how do you make a buck off these extremely major non-secular trends?