In my opinion the ONLY way to guarantee healthcare to everyone is to pool funding through Government taxation and eliminate private insurance from the equation completely. In the United States we have made healthcare a business and with this comes the inherent greed and corruption. You will not eliminate the base ugliness of human greed so, eliminate the opportunity.
Tecoyah, you and I believe there’s a need for all citizens' entitlements to federal basic medical insurance. I’m a proponent of expanding Medicare to cover all USA’s legal residents.
Commercial insurers did not, do not, and cannot provide basic medical insurance in a manner superior to that of Medicare insurance.
[Medicare, Medicare advantage, and Medicare Supplemental insurances are an example of government provided basic insurance that individuals may choose to augment by purchasing additional insurance provided by nongovernment insurers.
Medicare works well, but I object to federal subsidizing nongovernment augmented insurance at greater than federal net basic Medicare costs per capita].
I perceive nothing to be gained by eliminating nongovernment augmented Medicare.
Regardless of whatever medical insurance plans do or will exist in the USA, federal insurance of catastrophic medical expenditures on behalf of all individual patients that’s not of cost to any insurance plans would significantly increase the affordability and sustainability of all, (commercial, or non-profits’, or governments’) medical insurance plans.
“On behalf of all patients” does not exclude USA legal residents that otherwise are not covered by any insurance. In the USA when legally obligated or charitable entities do not pay providers of medical goods and services, substantial amounts of those bills are directly or indirectly paid by our governments, (i.e. our taxpayers).
Respectfully, Supposn
