This whole medical insurance thing is so stupid. Just allow hospitals and doctors to turn people away if they decide not to have insurance. Simple solutions. Do people get to have a nice dinner at a resturant if they don’t have the money? No. Same thing at the hospital. If you don’t have insurance, you must prepay whatever services you desire. That is it!!!!! Damn I wish I was the President. I would not force people to get insurance, but I would not force hospitals to administer care for people who don’t have the money. Mean? Perhaps. Fiscally responsible? You bet!!!!!
That is precisely the solution, and it's amazing how many people have come to preclude that from any consideration. You hear of alternative plans, laws, systems...but rarely does anyone point out the entrenched flaw that is making some sort of socialism the fix.
“but I would not force hospitals to administer care for people who don’t have the money.”
Would you also arrest and imprison the thieves and quacks who run hospitals and rip people off?
Did you know that people who pay cash are charged 200 to 300 percent more than people who use insurance? Try litigating that sometime. Hospitals charge whatever they think they can get away with. Double-billing, kickbacks and charging for services not rendered is rampant at these quack institutions.