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Be wary of any healthcare mandate: it’s a device by which major health insurance carriers compel already poor people to sink money into overpriced plans that co
by sigfubar 8y ago
Be wary of any healthcare mandate: it’s a device by which major health insurance carriers compel already poor people to sink money into overpriced plans that cover very little and come with numerous strings attached. Between high deductibles and mandatory coinsurance these plans are not coverage: they’re extortion.
- sabujp 8y agoit's supposed to be single payer, i.e. govt owned and negotiated rates should be lower than something like obamacare exchanges
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoShould be. Obamacare was supposed to "bend the cost curve", too. I haven't seen recent hard data, but my impression is that it didn't work as advertised. Note well: I have no opinion on whether this idea will in fact work. I'm merely pointing out that one should not take politicians' claims on such matters at face value.
- zepto 8y agoIf it actually is single a real single payer system, then maybe this is fine, but it’s just as likely that the mandate gets established, but the single payer part fails to materialize.