As long as people are covered it would be a good start (I won't bother engaging further on the single payer/private insurance/hybrid systems, not enough room and not the right forum)...it just scares me to hear the game plan to get there is political pressure after a critical mass of people are uninsured. I know that is not attributable to you, and you seem optimistic we get there anyway, I hope you are right.
One last thing I will note, is there are all kinds of hidden costs through other insurance that hopefully would come down under a single payer (maybe even under a public/private hybrid like Medicare Part D) , take car insurance one reason premiums and deductibles are so high is because a lot of that goes towards personal injury claims (medical costs). The same can be said for odd things like homeowners insurance for example. A lot of these insurance policies people already pay for in some ways supplement health care coverage.
Well in response to my questions about why people want to divorce insurance from employment before universal care becomes a law/right/option, one commented answered:
>>Having a critical mass of uninsured people is the foundation we need to resolve the healthcare crisis in America.
As long as people are covered it would be a good start (I won't bother engaging further on the single payer/private insurance/hybrid systems, not enough room and not the right forum)...it just scares me to hear the game plan to get there is political pressure after a critical mass of people are uninsured. I know that is not attributable to you, and you seem optimistic we get there anyway, I hope you are right.
One last thing I will note, is there are all kinds of hidden costs through other insurance that hopefully would come down under a single payer (maybe even under a public/private hybrid like Medicare Part D) , take car insurance one reason premiums and deductibles are so high is because a lot of that goes towards personal injury claims (medical costs). The same can be said for odd things like homeowners insurance for example. A lot of these insurance policies people already pay for in some ways supplement health care coverage.
>We use all of these in the U.S. and it's insane.
Well said.