2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Who else wanted single-payer universal healthcare over the ACA? [View all]Enthusiast
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In our health care system every medical decision is influenced by profit concerns.
My doctor, a specialist, refused to diagnose my illness because of profit considerations. He knew full well that I had an extreme sensitivity to gluten. He was willing to allow me to suffer, allow the auto-immune disorder to damage my body to such an extent that it required surgery, all so they could drag out the process and gain financial rewards for all the tests to come.
The insurance industry comes at this from the other direction. The insurance industry rations and denies care based on bottom line consideration.
No kidding around, a single payer Medicare For All is the only system that should be under discussion.
How can we implement it as soon as is practical? How can we streamline the process? How can we accelerate the training of medical personnel without compromising quality? We can do this. We can make our health care system the envy of the world as it should have been all along.