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Originally Posted by Willravel
HMO = Health Maintenance Organization, PPO = Preferred Provider Organization. PPOs are better and more expensive.
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HMOs therefore are generally for health maintenance, not for unexpected major issues. Is the government going to pay for yearly vaccinations, regular physical checkups, teeth cleanings, etc?
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Originally Posted by Willravel
Ah, so because the market fails in HMOs, the government will thus fail. Why do HMOs fail? Money! The HMO has to keep an eye on profit, and an unprofitable HMO is likely to fail. All the government needs to do is break even. The government doesn't have stockholders to appease. Besides, we don't see these kinds of mistakes in other universal systems.
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If the federal government can't run a whorehouse and sell whiskey at a profit (mustang ranch in 1990), what on earth makes anyone think they can handle health care on a monumentally large scale?
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Originally Posted by Rekna
Well if this happens then the private industry could take up the slack and it would be no different than it is already....
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so I get to pay two insurance companies instead of one. yippee!!!!