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| quote: | Originally posted by Trancer-X
Why can't they just do both? Public and private health insurance could easily coexist, couldn't it? If no, why not? |
There will be two systems in America and most hospitals and doctor's groups are already preparing for it. There is also a national group of healthcare representatives also getting ready for it.
I've talked about it in more detail in other posts, but here's the jist.
You'll have a "public" healthcare system that will be less exepensive than current healthcare but will have long waits due to the amount of people using it while also attracting lower quality workers since it will pay less than the alternative healthcare system. It will basically be cheaper but have longer lines and lower quality than what Americans currently enounter.
You'll also have a "private" healthcare system for those that wish to pay above what the government asks for in public health costs. These "subscription" services will offer shorter lines and quality of care that is what we have now or higher. It will also attract top quality workers due to this systems ability to pay more than the "public" sector. Basically it will be equally or more expensive than current healthcare prices, but it will offer shorter lines and higher quality.
Instead of the system we have now, in which everyone at least has the ability to recieve the same quality of care, we will have a definite stratification where the rich recieve quick, high quality care and the rest recieve lower quality care with drastically increased waiting times. This in my opinion is a horrible "solution," but it appears to be the solution America is heading towards.
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