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The problem with that is that, when it's an extra cost, the uptake may well skew towards those who are more dependent on healthcare with chronic conditions. Si
by philjohn 5y ago
The problem with that is that, when it's an extra cost, the uptake may well skew towards those who are more dependent on healthcare with chronic conditions.
Single payer works because the risk pool is spread overy everyone in the entire country - and everyone has to pay (it's part of income taxes). That's why the ACA mandate was a thing.
- EliRivers 5y agoYes. It would have to be everybody in. All of Seattle pays in, no exceptions. You say "the problem with that". Pitched another way, we could say "the benefit of that"... when it's an extra cost Would it necessarily be an extra cost? I understand that the amount typically paid in the US on health insurance, by the individual and employers, compares badly with the amount paid in many other systems that provide better healthcare for less money.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoThen the healthy/richer people move to a suburb of Seattle. The reason nationwide taxpayer funded healthcare works is because it is not easy to move to another country.