Government regulation of medical industry is what - caused this mess.

Posted: Nov 8th, 2018 - 11:21 am In Reply to: Then maybe they need to get after the - hospitals and doctors

It started with HMOs back in the late 1980s and early 1990s. We need LESS government in our lives, not more.

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Let's prove single-payer healthcare works! - sm (Views: 704, 2018-11-07, 6:02 pm)
- This has to be a joke. Count me out! - Obamacare was a total failure. (Views: 279, 2018-11-07, 6:39 pm)
  - I'm not baiting anyone. I'm proposing an idea for further discussion. - sm (Views: 251, 2018-11-07, 7:06 pm)
    - How would it impact someone who opted out? - sm (Views: 306, 2018-11-07, 9:20 pm)
      - There are no opt-outs. You have to opt-in and pay in advance. - sm (Views: 353, 2018-11-08, 12:43 am)
      - You know it will eventually when they run out of money. - You will be taxed to pay for it with (Views: 237, 2018-11-08, 4:37 am)
    - Then get investors like they do in business. Keep taxpayers - money out of it. Start your own (Views: 322, 2018-11-08, 4:43 am)
      - They want the government involved because they might - fail if they did it like a real business. (Views: 404, 2018-11-08, 4:44 am)
      - I proposed using the recipients own money through increased taxation. - OP sm (Views: 268, 2018-11-08, 11:04 am)
  - Everybody wants to talk about who is going to pay for their - medical care, but I want to focus on (Views: 295, 2018-11-08, 5:57 am)
- Giving a nice sounding name to socialized medicine, - AKA single payer, Medicare for All, (Views: 254, 2018-11-08, 4:08 am)
  - People never learn lessons from socialist failures. They always - say "if the right people were running things. (Views: 262, 2018-11-08, 4:30 am)
  - I don't see how you can call it a welfare program - OP sm (Views: 269, 2018-11-08, 9:49 am)
    - You know money will be shifted from the general funds - to pay for it, i.e. other taxpayers. (Views: 295, 2018-11-08, 11:41 am)
- It will end up just like Social Security or Medicare. A tax - will be added on your paycheck (Views: 217, 2018-11-08, 5:59 am)
- I already belong to a single-payer...SM - Old Anon (Views: 241, 2018-11-08, 7:29 am)
  - Medicare is paid for by taxpayers. It is going bankrupt. - It's like Social Security, dependent (Views: 295, 2018-11-08, 8:14 am)
    - Then maybe they need to get after the - hospitals and doctors (Views: 243, 2018-11-08, 10:32 am)
      - Government regulation of medical industry is what - caused this mess.
        And Ted Kennedy started those HMOs. - nm (Views: 219, 2018-11-08, 11:39 am)
      - This is the problem with govt paying for anything, student - loans, etc. They can charge whatever (Views: 237, 2018-11-08, 11:40 am)
    - Do not have supplemental...SM - Old Anon (Views: 279, 2018-11-08, 12:08 pm)
      - "hospitals would have to accept what plan paid" - and quality of care would plummet. (Views: 232, 2018-11-08, 12:15 pm)
        That's why they charge $20 for an aspirin to the rest of us. - It really hurts those of us who pay (Views: 249, 2018-11-08, 12:20 pm)
- This is so far off base - Single payer is possible (Views: 215, 2018-11-08, 8:37 pm)