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We can fix a lot about with a few small changes that don't even require raising taxes. The #1 and easiest change is for the government to just pass a law mandat
by snarf21 6y ago
We can fix a lot about with a few small changes that don't even require raising taxes. The #1 and easiest change is for the government to just pass a law mandating reference based pricing. This is not M4A, the government just says you can't charge more than Medicare plus 20% (e.g.) and cash gets your Medicare flat. This gets rid of brokers, negotiations, out of network and any of the other nonsense. Probably removes 20% of the national healthcare spend. The other changes are straightforward too and again require no new taxes and are not single payer.
- vidarh 6y agoMedicare already get gouged because of restrictions on leveraging their market power to negotiate best possible prices. Medicare + Medicaid costs US taxpayers as much per capita as the NHS costs UK taxpayers per capita. Only the NHS provides universal cover for that cost. US taxpayers are in effect paying twice.