Obamacare, the greatest theft of all time?
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2017 Nov 12, 7:36pm 11,682 views 55 comments
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RWSGFY
2017 Nov 13, 8:23pm
RWSGFY
2017 Nov 13, 8:23pm
anon_62240 says
"From each according to his ability, to each according to his need"
Goran_K saysWhat you're asking me to do is subsidize the health care of some non-contributor in addition to what I pay for myself already. How is that fair?
Yes! That non-contributor should die of a easily treatable ailment. It isn't fair that Goran should have to subsidize someone else's survival.
"From each according to his ability, to each according to his need"
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MrMagic
2017 Nov 13, 8:39pm
MrMagic
2017 Nov 13, 8:39pm
anon_08dee says
How will it do that, the medical treatment will still need to be done, there's no volume discount on treating bodies?
anon_08dee says
The government already sets the prices with Medicaid and Medicare. That's a big part of the problem, no cost controls. Then add in, doctors can do whatever procedures or treatment they want, and Medicaid and Medicare just pays the bill, no oversight. In fact, Medicare uses a "Pay and Chase" business model and won't investigate fraud unless there is a huge outcry.
Get the remaining third or whatever it is on Medicare, and it lowers off per capita cost substantially.
How will it do that, the medical treatment will still need to be done, there's no volume discount on treating bodies?
anon_08dee says
This should be obvious, and the government will set prices.
The government already sets the prices with Medicaid and Medicare. That's a big part of the problem, no cost controls. Then add in, doctors can do whatever procedures or treatment they want, and Medicaid and Medicare just pays the bill, no oversight. In fact, Medicare uses a "Pay and Chase" business model and won't investigate fraud unless there is a huge outcry.
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If the family of 4 is poor, there is a high likelihood that the subsidized health insurance is the single largest consumption of resources made by that family, most likely eclipsing housing and dwarfing car payments.
The system is broken, and we have government intervention to blame. There is close to nothing in our healthcare system that resembles a free market. This system appears designed to fail, as the critics of Obamacare have said for a while.
The question: is there a solution?