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Medicare, Medicaid and the VA manage to be cheaper per capita despite specifically insuring the old, the poor, and veterans. What's your statistical and empiri
by yourbandsucks 7y ago
Medicare, Medicaid and the VA manage to be cheaper per capita despite specifically insuring the old, the poor, and veterans.
What's your statistical and empirical reasoning and why should we ignore that elephant of a top line number?
- gamblor956 7y agoThere isn't any. Not a single private health plan manages to be more cost-effective than the 3 government health plans, despite private health plans having the ability to pick-and-choose the cream of the crop and to offload unprofitable customers to government health plans. BUT (when they actually provide health care) private health plans usually provide health care faster than government health plans. VA wait times, for example, still exceed 12 months in many parts of the country.
- FireBeyond 7y ago> BUT (when they actually provide health care) private health plans usually provide health care faster than government health plans. VA wait times, for example, still exceed 12 months in many parts of the country. I had a severe wrist injury from a car accident. I was told to start PT "ASAP", and given referrals within 24 hours of the injury. I was then told that I'd be waiting 10-12 weeks for a PT slot.