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Ofc you can invent an infinite amount of models, and Sanders has not specified which one clearly yet afaik. In the case that Medicare is expanded and is option
by conanbatt 8y ago
Ofc you can invent an infinite amount of models, and Sanders has not specified which one clearly yet afaik.
In the case that Medicare is expanded and is optional, medicare will have the following fair challenges: it has to compete with other private insurances, which means is has to pay as much, and any administrative cost dissipates, in fact it gets worse, as providers still have to do multiple billing.
If it has to charge ,it will also have to turn away patients. It it doesnt charge, everyone will have medicare, and private insurance will not provide services that medicare gives for free or without restriction.
Up to this point, "single payer" has not provided a single cost reduction means.
- ncallaway 8y ago> Sanders has not specified which one clearly yet afaik. That's absolutely not true. https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1804/text https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/180...
- conanbatt 8y agoDidn't know this existed, thanks for sharing. (I got my other impression by Sander's fb which I follow). If I understood this text correctly, this will be: An optional insurance plan (SEC. 105) An insurance that gets tax benefits (SEC. 701) An insurance that has incredibly perverse utilization incentives (SEC. 202) I would be quite on board on this plan if it weren't funded with special taxation, and it gave itself no promise of benefit for being the state, not because I think its a good one, but because it will confirm its a terrible one.