“And as companies eliminate their own insurance plans and force their employees onto the government plan, or as employees abandon their employer plan and jump on the government plan, which only costs them .25% of their salary, you’ll see the costs rise into they hundreds of billions of dollars of additional spending each year.”
These are valid points. And yes, I’m not sure what amount would be required to fund it. I just threw out a percentage to make the example.
That said, there will be a lot of people paying into it and likely not using it. Those that are 22-32 years old let’s say. That age group will likely rarely need a major procedure. Maybe the corporate annual fee would need to be raised higher at the bigger levels. Maybe $50,000.
I’m just thinking about the framework. Thanks for your thoughts.
You mean like the Obamacare mandate? That wasn't very popular, was it?
As long as health care is a for profit business in this country there will never be a simple, less expensive solution. Hospitals and doctors will charge what they want and think they will get away with.
anything free will be abused. how about making people with no health insurance volunteer at the hospitals and drs. offices. let them earn medical credits for every volunteer hour they work? sweep, collect trash, work the cafe and kitchen , mow, weed shovel snow etc..
There are few things more inherently local & personal than the relations of doctor & patient. Bureaucratic meddling & mudling is a gross over-reach.