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Health systems and doctors make their money off private insurance. They are doing good to break even treating members of government payers (Medicare and Medicaid). Many doctors won’t see these patients because they lose money on them.
Health systems would be put on a serious diet with single payer. Loss of jobs would be unavoidable.[/quote]
True with regards to Medicaid for Doctors. Not for non-profit hospitals. They will trade uninsured for Medicaid patients in a heart beat. Check the financial status of non-profit hospitals in states that expanded Medicaid v. those that did not for evidence to support my claim.
Complete fallacy with regards to Medicare for docs in most specialties. Fallacy with regards to all hospitals and virtually all other allied health professions with regards to Medicare.
There is no way that adding 20 million to the insured ranks will decrease the number of health care providers or their income. Not. A. Chance. From the emergence of health insurance 100 years ago, it’s rapid expansion to union workers in the 40’s, to Medicare in 1963 and Medicaid in 1965, to the ACA a few years ago, every single change that increased the number of insured, has also increased the number of workers and their income in all medical fields. Every damn time. A move to single payer can’t possibly be any different.
