08-27-2015, 03:45 PM
(08-27-2015, 10:13 AM)SteelCitySouth Wrote: You do realize that we already pay for those without healthcare?
No they don't. That is the biggest problem in getting them to understand. In this country people get emergency medical care even if they don't have insurance or money. Those services are currently absorbed by the rest of the money paid by people who do have money or health insurance.
A government run program should be cheaper because the health insurance industry is making billions of dollars a year. The government may not be as efficient as a private company, but it should still be able to cover costs at a lower level as a non profit.
Doctors and pharmaceutical companies are against it because they fear the government would have too much leverage with close to a monopoly on the health care market. I can understand their apprehension, but I don't see the government stepping on too many of the big money toes that feed it with tax revenue. So the multi-billion dollar health insurance industry would be the only real victim. They still hold enough clout to get us the ACA instead of a government ran program.
