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Originally Posted by flstf
I will agree that the government is very inefficient and should only have control over things that are absolutely necessary like our national defense. Those of you who are against considering nationalizing healthcare offer very few suggestions on how to fix the present system other than getting rid of the insurance companies.
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I'm a big fan of health savings accounts with pre-tax dollars, but thats another issue.
What I don't see is how the concept of 'Its somewhat broken, lets let the government do it' fixes anything.
It does make things 'fair' because we all get to live with a shity, overpriced system, full of government waste..
It doesn't make it free, (as in freedom) and I'd rather be free than fair.
Are costs high for hospital care? Yep. Might they get too high for the system in the future? Yep
What happens in a free maket when prices are too high? Do they stay high?
Already what insurance companies do is work with the hospitals for a 'fair' fee. The hospitals have little choice but to take it since it beats not having patients. The only people who really get screwed by the system would be someone uninsured who is lower middle class. They basicly have to go broke before the system kicks in. They won't ever be dying in the street of untreated disease, but they lose a lot of money, and unlike the insurance carriers they can't negotiate prices down. Thats all I want fixed.