US comes up way short in health care again

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Originally Posted by Danzig

we have seen astronomical rises in medical costs, yet we're no healthier as a result.

truly, the only way to ensure care for all is to tax everyone, and cover them thru a govt agency.

I agree. Single payer, Medicare for all. You retain complete control over your private hospitals and doctor choices, it's simply that the insurance is the same for everyone, and every citizen is insured.

I'm so angry Obama took that off the table three years ago, but the ignorance and opposition was great at the time. But only going for correcting the more odorous practices of the insurance companies (kicking sick kids off due to lifetime caps, rescission, etc) helped some, and will hep more when all provisions are on-line, but didn't get all the uninsured Americans covered by private health insurance.

Think of the cost savings with single payer. Everybody getting preventive care? No delaying seeing doctors because you don't have the $100 for an uninsured office visit? Yikes. We would be a far healthier nation, at far less cost.

If we got the right House and Senate, we could have single-payer healthcare passed within 4 years.