It's becoming clearer to me that we might be going about this the wrong way. We are talking about reforming a system (?) that is obviously broken and trying to replace it with something new. However, it occurs to me that we already have a system (!) in place that works quite well, is very popular, and would eliminate all the confusion and anger.
It's called Medicare. Instead of re-inventing the wheel, why not just expand Medicare to everyone who cannot afford insurance, and offer it on a sliding scale to those that can afford something but not what the private insurers are charging? It would still force the private insurers to reduce premiums, and would establish set fees for services...just like it does now. The industry would be forced to re-examine costs and charge accordingly.
Or is that too simple?
Can anyone offer any reasons why this wouldn't work? I'm open to suggestions.
HamsterPrez
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