This is what happens when free markets are allowed to operate in an industry that has little free market applicability in it (we don't choose when to get sick or which ambulance takes us to which hospital, for instance).
Medicare for All is my favored option. We get rid of complicated and costly programs like private health insurance, Obamacare, Workman's Comp and Auto insurance medical portions, Medicaid, and thousands of smaller programs at the federal, state, and county levels to subsidize healthcare. Equally important, the government is only the bill payer, not the employer. The public saves money from government pricing power and much reduced paperwork.
Thanks for your comment! I don't pretend to be an expert in this field or that I know anything for certain. However, my research points that consumer choice is the important key missing in the system where there is public healthcare, and that is why the quality of healthcare deteriorates over time. I guess that advocates more free market rather than less. People are not the arbitors of a companies success, but the government/healthcare complex. I feel like even medicare for all has this problem. I do see your point that many times the consumer is not actually "choosing" when or what healthcare to get, so it more complicated. Perhaps that is better, but what we do know for sure is that the current way is not working!
I am on Medicare now and have much more choices about doctors and healthcare than my wife who is on a private insurance network. There's no perfect system but we can certainly do better.
This is what happens when free markets are allowed to operate in an industry that has little free market applicability in it (we don't choose when to get sick or which ambulance takes us to which hospital, for instance).
Medicare for All is my favored option. We get rid of complicated and costly programs like private health insurance, Obamacare, Workman's Comp and Auto insurance medical portions, Medicaid, and thousands of smaller programs at the federal, state, and county levels to subsidize healthcare. Equally important, the government is only the bill payer, not the employer. The public saves money from government pricing power and much reduced paperwork.
Thanks for your comment! I don't pretend to be an expert in this field or that I know anything for certain. However, my research points that consumer choice is the important key missing in the system where there is public healthcare, and that is why the quality of healthcare deteriorates over time. I guess that advocates more free market rather than less. People are not the arbitors of a companies success, but the government/healthcare complex. I feel like even medicare for all has this problem. I do see your point that many times the consumer is not actually "choosing" when or what healthcare to get, so it more complicated. Perhaps that is better, but what we do know for sure is that the current way is not working!
I'm not an expert either of course, however
I am on Medicare now and have much more choices about doctors and healthcare than my wife who is on a private insurance network. There's no perfect system but we can certainly do better.