[Wissa]

In my case (we're both 62), insurance is so expensive we just go without. Saved $26,000 in two years after tax dollars. And paid no penalty because of the 8% rule. The key is keeping your TAXABLE income below a certain amount.

There's a lot of people who would be better off with a single-payer system. But we've been trained to bark like a pack of dogs at the mention of it.

[Kay Ludlow]

No, the key is eliminating the monopolies and protections that allow price manipulation by the big players in the medical field. Allow insurance policy sales across state lines, to create competition between insurance companies, allow competition in drugs (or at least allow the re-importation and re-sale of the cheap drugs the rest of the world gets from the US. Allow buyers and insurance companies to decide what a policy will cover. Then prices will come down, people will be able to afford both insurance and medical care, and charitable groups will be able to afford to help those that still can’t afford it.

[MortMan]

The insurmountable issue with single-payer is that the government is directly involved with authorizing all of the care, and therefore is in direct control.

Pavlov cannot be blamed for the fact that government is not trustworthy to hold the keys to health care.

[cuban leaf]

There’s a lot of people who would be better off with a single-payer system.

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A lot of animals are better off in a zoo, but if I were a Gazelle, I would still prefer the freedom of he Serengeti.

The dirty truth about health care is that it is not all that expensive - if you don’t use insurance to pay for it. I’ve seen discounts of up to 90%.