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In reply to the discussion: A Doctor Delivers Bad News--today's LA Times. [View all]Baobab
(4,667 posts)100. Single payer has to be free to the end user, (otherwise you would have to create a tiered system to
punish those who cant pay with bad medicine.
Single payer would unify all health care providers and that is the only way to fix it. the only way to dramatically save money and improve care at the same time. Hillary's alternative, globalization will either send poorer people overseas for care or throw our doctors and nurses under the bus to preserve the tiered system which adds no value and which doesnt even pay 23 of our bills, the government already does..
Sorry pnwmom.
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This is the kind of problem that Medicare-for-all won't fix. Our health care costs
pnwmom
May 2016
#1
But that's not how Medicare works. Millions of seniors would object to changing the system,
pnwmom
May 2016
#5
But Medicare isn't getting very good rates because Congress refused to pass a law
pnwmom
May 2016
#10
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Baobab
May 2016
#101
millions of seniors would object to service fees going down and a real prescription benefit?
Warren Stupidity
May 2016
#20
They would object to having their doctors retire and not being replaced. And most of these costs
pnwmom
May 2016
#31
There is a large group of doctors near retirement age right now. And if the government suddenly
pnwmom
May 2016
#46
You do realize that Medicare does not pay what most docs and hospitals charge, right?
passiveporcupine
May 2016
#67
Single payer has to be free to the end user, (otherwise you would have to create a tiered system to
Baobab
May 2016
#100
Actually, Medicare can't negotiate prices -- but companies that provide Part D coverage, can and do.
Hoyt
May 2016
#80
Many private insurers pay less than Medicare. Most others allow Medicare + say 10 or 25%.
Hoyt
May 2016
#81
In many countries, doctors are state employees. The difficulty here is persuading doctors
pnwmom
May 2016
#15
Yes In England but I don't believe that's true in Canada, France, and Germany. nm
rhett o rick
May 2016
#19
It is exactly the sort of crapfest that a single payer system can fix.
Warren Stupidity
May 2016
#17
yes it would fix it, and the INSURANCE INDUSTRY creates that waste BY WASTING TONS OF TIME
Baobab
May 2016
#99
I thought about it. Go for a Reality Show, only way to do it right. We gotta Think Big.
appalachiablue
May 2016
#62
On the reality show I was half way teasing, Cafe Press stuff is great! :)
appalachiablue
May 2016
#106
Thats the way to do it. It would take care of itself over time. Just put the option on the table.
litlbilly
May 2016
#23
Another part of problem is that corporations get better treatment than individual humans
lostnfound
May 2016
#42
I basically agree, but you'd never hear the end of it if the government refused to cover a drug
Hoyt
May 2016
#82
I recently had two separate discussions with conservatives who oppose Obamacare. I learned this
Algernon Moncrieff
May 2016
#47