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>No it's not. A very large percentage of medical care is planned, not urgent. And for those procedures, a hybrid system should suffice. All Americans, should,
by omegaworks 9y ago
>No it's not. A very large percentage of medical care is planned, not urgent.
And for those procedures, a hybrid system should suffice. All Americans, should, at minimum, be able to get urgent, surprise medical issues addressed in a way that doesn't completely destroy them financially.
Of course, nothing is black and white. Issues that could have been treated in a planned way become urgent if they're left to fester. Obamacare started shifting the incentives to make preventative measures more palatable, and healthcare cost growth has come down as a result. ACA is a /conservative/ set of policies. Even still, it elicits extreme reactions from loud people on the fringes.
- bobwaycott 9y agoI’d suggest a slight addition: > All Americans should, at minimum, be able to get routine and urgent, surprise medical issues addressed in a way that doesn't completely destroy them financially. Elective procedures are obviously a thorny issue people will debate over where to draw the lines. But standard checkups, routine wellness procedures, and covering the unexpected ought to be the bare minimum—the healthcare floor of social decency beneath which we do not allow any member of society to fall without recognizing we are failing as a society.