[quote=Jazzman][quote=EconProf]I’m surprised so many people on this site want to go whole hog into single payer. I guess the government has done such a good job rolling out Obamacare, they should now take over 100% of health care.[/quote]
Government run health care systems are unwieldy, bureaucratic, inefficient, and burden to the tax payer. Privately run health care is ruthless, discriminatory, and financially ruinous. I don’t know about you, but I’d prefer to put up with government bureaucracy, than be turfed out onto the street completely destitute.[/quote]
Even without Obamacare, you wouldn’t be able to keep your insurance for long, companies are simply getting priced out. Once you’re not part of a corporate, no questions ask coverage, your ability to carry coverage is highly dispersed. You end up with a lot of exclusions and basically catastrophic coverage that still costs a sizeable amount and you basically front the first $10,000. And that’s just for you. You need to carry a separate plan for your family.
And there isn’t a fix for insurance. Anything that limits their ability to exclude people, would actually result in higher increases than the obamacare plans. At least on the Obamacare, they know they’re getting to spread it across some of the healthy people.
Take a good look at what your company plan is really costing a month for the company to provide.
