What about the Obamacare bill do you not like?
Pretty much all of it. I dont like any healthcare system where the government is involved because ultimately access to care is severely limited, quality of care is compromised and long term cost is unchanged. Further, virtually every example you can think of where the government controls something its becomes a cess pool of waste
I feel that capitalism isn't going to work with healthcare. People are going bankrupt because they can't pay their healthcare bills, people feel forced to stay in dead end jobs just because they provide healthcare, and some insurance companies will drop people as soon as they get sick (in California there were even insurance companies that were giving bonuses to workers to rescinded more clients' insurance plans.)
There is no question there is a cost problem with healthcare today. Unfortunately government control isnt going to negate any of it. Government controls the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and costs within those have risen at a higher rate than those of the commercial insurance plans provided by the private insurance companies. Also, stories of people losing coverage because they got "sick" are grossly exaggerated and in most states this is not allowed by law. Some may choose to drop coverage because its become too expensive, but they are not "dropped"
It's my opinion that everyone should receive proper healthcare. I think America is far too advanced to have people who can't afford healthcare, to have one of the lowest life expectancies of the developed nations, and to have one of the highest infant mortality rates of the developed nations.
There's alot more that contributes to life expectency than the health insurance plans provided. Poor lifestyle is definitely one of the major factors, and until people get their lazy asses off the couch from in front of their TV's and video games, and cease eiting a box of twinkies a week that isnt going to improve.
First things first, I think we need to reduce those administrative fees. We have such ridiculously high administrative costs adding to our healthcare expenditures that reducing that alone would provide a ton of money back.
Then you need to go and study how the already sponsored government programs work, because they are the epitome of administrative waste. Prett much all government is.
I also think that if you want a system in which insurers HAVE to keep everybody on their plan, you have to have an individual mandate. That's the only way insurance companies would survive.
I do think the system would be improved vastly if everyone had coverage, but you cannot force people to buy it and nor do I think the government should be providing it. People try to make the analogy that having healthcare should be like having liability insurance for your car, but you do not harm others if you do not have healthcare for yourself.
I don't know what plan would work, but this healthcare system in my opinion is just terrible, and I really hope that if Obamacare gets struck down they come up with some other plan to make sure that people can get affordable coverage.
Eliminating alot of the government required mandates would go a long way to reducing cost of insurance plans. If you are a single 22 yr old male, there's no reason you should HAVE to have a plan that covers maternity. (Thats just one xample, but maternity care is a costly factor on individual coverage)
I agree. I think that the system is terrible. I think too much money is spent in administrative fees, I think doctors make too much money, I think hospitals make too much money, and in many developed countries, insurance companies aren't even allowed to make profits.
The system isnt terrible. There's alot of great things about our system as it is now. We have the best physicians and hospitals in the world. We have the greatest medical technology in the world. You have incredibly easy access to complex medical diagnostics and specialists here. You can access most care with little or no wait. You cannot say the same about this in other nations where th government controls the healthcare.
I would honestly rather prefer a lower pay if it meant that we could shore up our healthcare problems. I just don't think its fair that some doctors can work so few hours and get paid so much (dermatologists)
Part of the reason some of most elite talents here (United States) go to med school is because they can use that skill and knowledge and make a substantial income. If you take away that motivation we would be relegated to less than excellent prospects going to, and graduating med school. I dont want some party hearty D+ student getting out med school and becoming my cardiologist or neuro surgeon.
One last factor in cost which most people who lean democrat or are strongly liberal want to ignore is tort reform. One of the prime factors in high cost of delivering the healthcare is the fact that physician malpractice insurance rates are out of control, and the reason is because its become so easy for someone to sue for what in most cases ridiculously large stettlements. And when physicians see their costs rise, they have to pass it on to the consumer.
