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I'm a conservative also. Stuff that basically everyone needs to deal with should be out of pocket with tranparent ahead-of-time pricing. Doctors and occasional
by chmod600 4y ago
I'm a conservative also.
Stuff that basically everyone needs to deal with should be out of pocket with tranparent ahead-of-time pricing. Doctors and occasional specialists, non-exotic meds, normal chronic conditions, etc. State covers/helps it if you can't (means testing with sliding scale, no cliff). Paying for stuff kinda sucks, but less so than brutal waste pulled out of your paycheck or taxes.
Financially major issues could be covered by private insurance or some government plan.
Vaccines subsidized by feds.
Invincibles aren't such a huge problem that we need to twist the whole system around for people who can pay but don't.
Done.
- alkonaut 4y ago> but less so than brutal waste pulled out of your paycheck or taxes. Are you suggesting that universal systems are more wasteful? Wouldn't that imply that a simple natural experiment of total healthcare spending vs average health outcomes should show a benefit to private over universal/tax funded?
- chmod600 4y agoIn the US a lot of tax dollars are wasted on healthcare. A lot more would be wasted if we tried some kind of universal health care in the US.
- soneil 4y agoIt seems to me that a lot of waste in this area is tax dollars paying for commercial prices. The US has some truly insane baseline costs in healthcare. Having the state pay for them, or having the state provide an insurer, only kicks the ball into someone else's court. Figure out why a hospital can charge you $25 for an aspirin, and start there. If you just let the state pay that $25, yes your taxes are being wasted.