“Acknowledging the political and cultural reality that healthcare is an entitlement in America, despite all the free market and constitutional arguments that it is not. That ship sailed decades ago with the New Deal, Great Society and now Obamacare.
Coverage for preexisting conditions won’t go away. Eliminating this would never make it through Congress, even with Republicans in control. Instead, separate the two systems and let each do what they do best.”
Like it or not, that is the reality today and I don’t see that changing. The system we have today is an abomination. We’re fooling ourselves if we think we have a market based system - as the guy said that ship sailed long ago. I would much rather go with the Australian system than the disaster we have today.
It would be the same as our education system with both a public and a private arm.
Another option might be a voucher system.
Better for who? Patients or the government?