26 Jan 18
Originally posted by @whodeyIn making comparisons, you are probably not accounting for what segment of the population Medicare serves.
Since Medicare denies more people medical care and various treatments than private insurance, we all want Medicare instead?
The issue is who should sit in authority to ration health care. Currently, anyone going into an ER gets treated regardless of insurance. The only question then becomes, how much treatment? Those who cannot afford to pay are ration ...[text shortened]... in favor of a Single Payer system seem to wish for all to be rationed like those who cannot pay.
Hint: not generally the young and athletic.
26 Jan 18
Originally posted by @soothfastThe government serves the veterans as well. Why then do some veterans turn to private care?
In making comparisons, you are probably not accounting for what segment of the population Medicare serves.
Hint: not generally the young and athletic.
It seems to me that they relish the choice.
Originally posted by @whodeyMaybe you should take a poll to find out how many veterans would like to see their government medical coverage privatized. Oh wait, already done:
The government serves the veterans as well. Why then do some veterans turn to private care?
It seems to me that they relish the choice.
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2015/11/10/poll-veterans-oppose-plans-to-privatize-va/
The poll of 800 veterans, conducted jointly by a Republican-backed firm and a Democratic-backed one, found that almost two-thirds of survey respondents oppose plans to replace VA health care with a voucher system, an idea backed by some Republican lawmakers and presidential candidates.
What veterans want is more choice in doctors. That is, to go "outside the network." If Medicare were expanded to include everyone (i.e. Medicare for all) the choice of doctors would automatically increase severalfold.
26 Jan 18
Originally posted by @shallow-blueShe?
I think she's saying that you're right in principle, but don't go far enough. Not knowing all the details I don't know about that, rhere are certainly downsides to literally unlimited healthcare, but one thing is certain. What you have now is murderous.
Edit: and both of you are above this spat. Neither of you is whodey.
26 Jan 18
Originally posted by @whodeyBecause they have money. Nobody is stopping you from going to a private doctor
The government serves the veterans as well. Why then do some veterans turn to private care?
It seems to me that they relish the choice.
Nobody is preventing a Norwegian, canadian, Mexican from seeking provate healthcare.
Originally posted by @soothfastSo long as people have choice, it will give incentive for the government to provide adequate health care.
Maybe you should take a poll to find out how many veterans would like to see their government medical coverage privatized. Oh wait, already done:
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2015/11/10/poll-veterans-oppose-plans-to-privatize-va/
[quote]The poll of 800 veterans, conducted jointly by a Republican-backed firm and a Democratic-backed one, fo ...[text shortened]... everyone (i.e. Medicare for all) the choice of doctors would automatically increase severalfold.
What scares me, as it should everyone else, is being forced into a system without recourse. This is what is scary about the government running anything, because you no longer have a higher power to run to when abused, other than God himself.
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02 Mar 18
Originally posted by @suzianneI was under the impression that Zahlanzi is a woman. I don't know where I picked that up, and I'm willing to be corrected.
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