Yeah, Iām intimately familiar with the fact that costs can be shifted, however shifted costs donāt mean that those costs VANISH, theyāre still there and what youāre proposing doesnāt solve the problem since it doesnāt address the root cause of rising costs, it EXACERBATES them by further disconnecting the consumer from the cost of service and encouraging OVER-CONSUMPTION, insufficient supply meet artificially induced increased demand.What do you do about the problem of medical care over-consumption and under-supply resulting in price inflation thatās already happening under existing government health insurance systems? What about the costs associated with implementing such a system, just go further into debt to fund it?In the richest nation on earth. Thatās a lot of poor suffering Americans.
What a great country!
Pandemic Swells Medicaid Enrollment to 80 Million People, a āHigh-Water Markā
Pretty good indication we need universal healthcare like the UK, Europe, Scandinavia, Israel, Canada, Austrailia and the Gulf States.
The countries/continents you pointed out donāt carry our current debt and structural deficit burdens, not to mention the fact that theyāre in part relying on U.S. obligations to provide for their national defense and thus carry a lower burden in that department as well. They also have their own scarcity issues of medical care along with the fact that they enjoy lower drug prices thanks the fact that American consumers shoulder the lions share of the burden of pharma R & D costs for them.
āUniversal careā isnāt the silver bullet that some make it out to be, there are A LOT of questions that need to be addressed before traveling down that road.
Do you know what cost shifting is? Have you noticed private insurance premiums going up? You are already paying for seniors, indigents and million dollar premature infants.
Its all about priorities or maybe we really aren't smart enough or compassionate enough to pull it off.
25 -30% of costs goes into administrative costs and paperwork. Over consumption? Nope. Healthy young families use less than 40% of the healthcare dollar.. 60% goes to seniors , the chroically ill and premature babies.
Besides, doctors prefer to treat you early than wait until its a full blown conflagration... Besides, its cheaper and has a better success rate.