So tell me. Should Obamacare be eliminated entirely with a one year provision to correct the problem? Trump could fix it. We've got the upper hand now. I say put the nurses in charge with Ben Carson as a consultant. Market based.
The only difference between US Healthcare and socialized medicine is the you pay for it. Those who have socialized medicine are always paying for it, whether or not they use it. Americans pay at the time of service.
I agree.
America’s bloated, corrupt, crony-capitalist, quasi-socialist healthcare system can not be reformed head-on
Rather, what we need is health-care “free trade zones.” Perhaps on someplace like Indian territory, like we have permitted gambling. Allow doctors, hospitals, pharmacies to operate in this area on a cash-only basis. Give them maximum freedom from FDA regulations and ambulance chasing-lawyers.
Patients and Doctors can go to those places, or they can stay in America’s present bloated, broken system. Full freedom of choice.
Watch how quickly they develop as a high-quality, inexpensive alternative.
This is a strange intro. Aren’t banning private medicine and allowing it the direct opposites?
The more basic policies usually pick up the costs of most in-patient treatments – such as tests and surgery – and day-care surgery.
Some policies extend to out-patient treatments – such as specialists and consultants – and might pay you a small fixed amount for each night you spend in an NHS hospital.
Your healthcare insurance won’t usually cover private treatment for:
organ transplants
pre-existing medical conditions
normal pregnancy and childbirth costs
cosmetic surgery to improve your appearance
injuries relating to dangerous sports or arising from war or war-like hostilities
chronic illnesses such as HIV/AIDs-related illnesses, diabetes, epilepsy, hypertension (high blood pressure) and related illnesses.
You might be able to choose a policy that covers mental health, depression and sports injuries, but these aren’t always covered.
https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en/everyday-money/insurance/do-you-need-private-medical-insurance
If us healthcare is so great why do we have a near third world life expectancy? It is only the world’s most expensive and profitable. Comparing to some of the free world’s worst healthcare does not make ours good.?
My former neighbor Sylvia grew up in England. Her parents lived their older adult years there.
I never heard her complain about the NHS.
Sylvia was turned down for BC/BS insurance because she didn’t weigh enough.
How many people in Socialist countries get screwed over by their socialized medicine?
I don’t know, but my guess is no more than 20%. The other 80% are healthy enough to not need much care. But the 20% require a knee, hip, transplant, or even MRI to find out what’s wrong.
So, if you need votes, who do you help - the 20% that are EXPENSIVE basket cases (Canada simply does away with them now), or the 80% who show up maybe once a year, need pre-natal, have little kids with little medical issues?
That’s the problem - the 80% WINS, and the 20%, to quote Newt, is left to “Rot on the Vine”.
Nobody in the LAAP-dog media wants to ask that question.
-PJ