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In what specific way would you like to see the government stop intervening?

• Uvix 2y ago
  Remove the requirement to spend 80% of premiums on care. Right now there's no incentive for providers to keep their costs low, which hurts people both with and without insurance.
  • viraptor 2y ago
    That would just cause more money going to the insurance company itself. What positive result comes out of that?
    • Uvix 2y ago
      Care before the deductible is met will be more affordable, because insurance companies will negotiate lower rates with providers.
      • viraptor 2y ago
        They can negotiate any price they want at any point. That means pre-deductible price can stay high, but afterwards the provider pay is low and the insurer profits are high. The accounting has enough slack in the way billing's done that it can be achieved in many ways. That change has no benefit at all for the insured (unless you assume the insurer cares about them...)
• krupan 2y ago
  Here's just one idea. Currently the vast majority of us get healthcare through our employers because government heavily incentives that. Because of that, we really aren't the customers of health insurance companies, our employers are. That's ludicrous. It gives far too much power to our employers.