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Sounds more like an argument for why we should move to single payer, because then the idea of random expenses from sick people signing up goes away, as we'll al
by RandomInteger4 9y ago
Sounds more like an argument for why we should move to single payer, because then the idea of random expenses from sick people signing up goes away, as we'll all have health coverage anyways.
- maxerickson 9y agoThere are plenty of eligible people that don't sign up for Medicaid. Single payer won't just hand wave away administrative problems.
- RandomInteger4 9y agoNumerous people eligible for medicaid don't sign up because they try to and get turned away with some bullshit excuse about not filing the paperwork properly or whatever, either due to innocent bureaucratic bullshit or because the state is explicitly hostile towards government assistance. With single payer, people wouldn't have to sign up; they would be signed up and have to opt out of they so chose. That's how it should work and it's not hand-wavy in the least.
- mikeash 9y agoI agree, but with the system as it stands now, that’s why this particular aspect exists.