I’ve been on “single-payer” pretty much my whole life. You won’t like it.
My wife’s Dad was a career Coast Guard guy so the family got free government health care.
She knows we’re screwed if single payer ever passes.
My wife’s Dad was a career Coast Guard guy so the family got free government health care.
She knows we’re screwed if single payer ever passes.
I think the general effect of single-payer (I do believe it will be the next ‘gimmick’) is that a year into it, you start to see hospitals downsize the list of things that they provide. Maybe in highly urbanized areas...the full-menu will continue to exist. But in most of the nation, the financial incentive isn’t there...so you curtail some things...making the guy drive an extra two hours for some highly specialized procedure.
After three years, people will ask why their regional hospitals all downsized their staffs and capabilities, and the simple answer will be that if you want affordability in your care...you have to accept marginalized healthcare in the end. At that point, other than pulling real cash out of your pocket to pay doctors under the table...the game is over.