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This idea would only hypothetically work without Medicare or Medicaid. Right now all it does is squeeze the middle class even more as they’re required to furthe
by rhexs 7y ago
This idea would only hypothetically work without Medicare or Medicaid. Right now all it does is squeeze the middle class even more as they’re required to further bare the costs of the ever-rising, all-consuming system.
So now the middle class, a large, still-working tax base, is the only group required to ration health-care. I always found that a bit odd.
- MichaelApproved 7y agoThis idea could never work. Never. It's impossible to be an educated consumer with healthcare. Slip, fall and break your leg. Who do you call first, 911 or your local hospitals to price shop?
- mattmcknight 7y agoEmergency care is a small fraction of health care costs.
- MichaelApproved 7y agoPutting aside emergency care, how can you tell what is and isn't medically necessary, as OP suggested patients do? How do patients know what something should and shouldn't cost?
- mattmcknight 7y agoHow do you tell what car repairs are necessary? The cost should be baselined by Medicare.
- MichaelApproved 7y agoI can't tell what car repairs are necessary. I trust my mechanic with years of education and experience to tell me what needs to be done.