Yup. Correct-a-mundo! We've got to find a way to get healthcare back in everybody's wallet and out of the government's general fund.
Social Security? It's a ponzi scheme.
No one dares say that...yet.
"Yup. Correct-a-mundo! We've got to find a way to get healthcare back in everybody's wallet and out of the government's general fund. "
It already is in everyones wallet. Go to the hospital. You pay a surcharge to support people who cannot pay their hospital bill.
The only way you are getting this away from the government is by creating private accounts.
a radical idea would be to do away with Medicare completely, as well as any govt promised medical benefits...
why?......because if the hospitals and docs and pharmaceuticals have a willing partner ready to pony up for everything under the sun with little expense paid for by individuals, the system is going to be USED and USED REPEATEDLY....
curious isn't it that despite the fact that we have something like 40million people without Medical insurance, 40 million people ARE NOT DYING .....they seem to manage their health pretty well.....
IF you grant free access to people...people will use is....
IF you constrain that usage, or charge people more for using the system, they won't use the system as much....
and when the system isn't used as often, believe me, you'll find docs and drug companies and hospitals vying for your patronage.....