You guys are so challenged on this topic.
He has advocated unleashing the insurance companies to compete across this nation instead of being limited to a single state. That is not single payer.
As for those who are not able to afford health insurance payments, ask yourself who has covered them in the past?
The answer is, the federal government. Through Medicare those who qualify are able to get the government to cover their medical needs.
That sounds bad on the face of it, but that is what we have been doing since the 1970s.
I’m hoping he has come up with a plan that will be able to provide these people coverage at a reduced rate. If so, it will be better than what we have been doing for at least 35 years.
Folks who are able to afford health care premiums will have many more policies to choose from. The policies will also be a lot more diverse.
We need to wait and see what the plan is.
There will be plenty of time to complain then.
If the federal government steps in and pays for a $20,000 deductible policy for everyone needing Medicare, what would the benefit be?
The benefit would be that the federal government that used to be tasked with paying every time of care for Medicare patients, would have it’s costs capped at $20,000.
There are variations of this that could be studied and put into action.
Perhaps the government could get insurers to band together for Medicare and the federal government could pay them a set fee each year to cover everyone.
Figures are out there to tell what the government has been spending for Medicare. If it can but it’s cost by 10-30%, that would be a great deal.
There are a number of ways to cut costs for the uninsured. Perhaps Trump will announce one or more.
We need to wait and see.
53 posts to get to the first right answer. :(
When you can match pools across state lines, costs will drop because plans will have to compete for enrollees, physicians groups will have to compete for plans!
All anyone has to do is ask themselves: 'Why did Bobo explicitly disallow pools across state lines? Why didn't Bobo cap whambulance chaser awards? Why didn't Bobo take on BigPharma?'
It's hard not to be. We have what Trump said and we have all you people saying, "Well what he really meant was..." I think I'll wait for the details but his first comments are troubling to say the least.