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Originally Posted by Mojo_PeiPei
I'm not opposed to the universal health care idea, people need it. But rather then forcing the tax payers to do it, why not go after the insurance companies and the medical industry, and any other cause of these outrageous prices (like lawyers and all the malpractice ligation that is a major reason for the prices)?
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It's a nice idea, but while we're tied up in court for 15 years, many more people will suffer under the current system, myself included. It'd be awesome if we could go after these people, but even if we win, what will be done with the 45m people who can't afford insurance? Are we sure that the market will help them to get medical care?
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Originally Posted by flstf
I think one of the biggest problems with health care is that there is little or no competition in many cases, especially hospital costs. I don't see where Hillary's or most other plans do anything to foster competition. Where there is little competition prices are naturally going to go way up.
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That didn't happen in Canada or the UK. Or France.
A big part of this hypothetical shift would be openly beating and raping government officials who take kick backs. We need to be clear that this shift won't just be "we're going to universal healthcare", it's also "and if you fuck with this, you're going to burn". While UH represents an amazing opportunity for the US to improve, it also represents an amazing opportunity for no bid contracts just like we see in the military industrial complex. The military health care complex cannot form.