10-21-2020, 12:13 PM
(10-21-2020, 11:56 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: My main problem with it? The government doesn't exactly have the best track record on running a medical system. Look at how they have handled the VA, and realize that's less than 10m people. Now imagine them trying to organize/run a health system for 330m people.
Everything gets more complicated as you add people and area.
I think the better route is to do a little crackdown on things like price gouging, overcharging the insurance, and medicine patent abuse.
(10-21-2020, 12:01 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: You're confusing single-payer with socialized medicine. Single-payer is Medicare for everyone, which Medicare is actually an efficiently run system. Socialized medicine is like the VA system or the NHS over in the UK. Two different ideas, and the latter isn't what is being advocated for.
I'd be fine with some form of universal health care, but would be vehemently opposed to such a system if it did not allow for private insurance. I have excellent insurance, for life, and I'll be damned if I'm going to give that up so I can wait four months for a non-emergency surgery or doctor's visit. I could call my physician and get an appointment today if needed. You don't get that in a universal system.
