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One problem on top of the getting it passed part.. Many doctors don't take Medicare. Over a situation where say there are 3 doctors for a specialty in a town..
by brianwawok 10y ago
One problem on top of the getting it passed part..
Many doctors don't take Medicare. Over a situation where say there are 3 doctors for a specialty in a town... the two better ones do not take it, and the new less good one will take it. So if that flat answer is let everyone take medicare, I think there are some serious quality of care problems.
(I have no better solution though, every angle seems bad).
- gnaritas 10y agoThey would immediately start taking Medicare when nearly all available patients moved to it. They can only afford to not take it now because other customers are available.
- importantbrian 10y agoThis. Plus that's not really different than the situation now. Not every doctor takes my employer offered plan either.
- DrScump 10y agoIf we hit a point where nearly all people were on Medicare, we'd be bankrupt anyway. But continuing with your theoretical environment: no, they would consider adding new patients until they had a critical mass and then stop accepting new patients.
- gnaritas 10y ago> If we hit a point where nearly all people were on Medicare, we'd be bankrupt anyway. No we wouldn't, we'd be in a much better position and we'd be paying much less for healthcare. Medicare has far less overhead than private insurance and it'd be the logical move to establish a far more effective and cheaper system of socialized medicine.