A huge amount of the problem is the hospitals themselves. They are the absolute worst at billing. I have found out I had three year old debts that they never once attempted to contact me for payment.
Of course, if people didn’t think they needed insurance and government run healthcare to deal with a cold, the system wouldn’t be so hopeless. I have talked to people in the ER because their kid had a runny nose.
Imagine how screwed up auto insurance would be if you expected the insurance company to pay for your oil changes. That is the equivalent of where we are with health insurance.
“if people didn’t think they needed insurance and government run healthcare to deal with a cold, the system wouldn’t be so hopeless. I have talked to people in the ER because their kid had a runny nose”
OMG... I cannot imagine the strain on the system if single payer is adopted. ER’s and Urgent care will be absolutely flooded for the slightest reasons. There would have to be a filter but special interests groups would scream bloody discrimination!
BUT, what if... tort law was ushered in to protect the governmental auspices from a flood of malpractice litigation? Alas, I joke...
AND, why can’t we remove the veil by calling single payer what it really is? Socialized medicine.