10-21-2020, 12:24 PM
(10-21-2020, 12:13 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: 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.
There is a difference between "health insurance" and "health care providers". I am guessing that if there was universal health care that covered most citizens there would be much fewer doctors that just dealt with private insurance companies. Since your ability to get an appointment or a procedure would depend on the supply of doctors that only dealt with private insurance your waits may increase as fewer and fewer doctors only dealt with the small pool of private insurance clients.
Don't know for sure, but it seems like that is what would happen. Fewer clients means fewer doctors which means longer waits. But maybe there would still be the same doctor to client ratio if the number of doctors shrunk at the same rate as the number of clients.
An d if your excellent insurance is through your employer I am pretty sure you can kiss that goodbye if we have universal health care in the United Sates. You would have to work for some high end private company to keep getting high-priced health insurance as a benefit.
