One problem not addressed is that too many people make too much to qualify for Medicaid, yet still can’t afford the cheapest insurance available (even with the government dole), much less an actual doctor visit (which the insurance doesn’t cover). The forcing of people to buy insurance should to be dropped.
Yup. We’re not trying to make matters worse by forcing a one-sized fits all solution on the American people.
The bill would leave up it to each state to set its own health care policy.
To my mind, that’s a sane fix.
Drop this mandate on principle, and then drop all of the mandates for coverage that are placed on the insurance industry, and insurance will probably get much less expensive.
There is absolutely no reason, for example, why an insurance carrier should be prohibited from offering a health care plan with a $1 million annual cap, a $10 million lifetime coverage limit, or any other conditions that are acceptable to their customers.
The purchase and use of anything catastrophic coverage insurance should stop.