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Have you ever worked with the US government? Jeordam Send a noteboard - 12/02/2019 05:30:44 PM

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Is it really wasteful? I think that is just your moral intuition. How much of current US health care is run by the government via Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, Veterans Department, and so on? Is these things inherently more wasteful than private insurance? Furthermore doesn't private insurance have a self selection phenomenon where they can choose the healthiest patients in the private market, or they do the employer market which is an larger risk pool. When you get to pick your customers it is easier to have a non efficient market when it comes to risk. Yes the 2010 Health Care Reform Bill made it harder to pick your customers but it still happens.

Furthermore why limit ourselves to the US perspective, there is private and public insurance of several dozen different countries outside of the United States?


It is wasteful. That is a fact. The amount of unnecessary processing and paperwork is extraordinary. The amount of wasted time is mind-breaking. Private insurance also needs to be worked on, but that is a separate topic. If it was Medicare for all, all you need is some good political bickering, and a good Shutdown...and everything gets worse than it was.

And why limit ourselves to the US perspective? Because we are the US. Other countries have other options, because that is them. We are not them. We can get some decent examples, but our culture, our government, our way of life, our values...each of these things is different.

~Jeordam

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Medicare for All - just add 36% points to your marginal tax rate - - 11/02/2019 02:30:53 PM 1205 Views
That is just to cover the additional costs. - 11/02/2019 03:36:23 PM 687 Views
Very good point! *NM* - 11/02/2019 04:07:17 PM 357 Views
But I heard we can just print some $1 Trillion coins and pay for it that way *NM* - 11/02/2019 03:38:01 PM 367 Views
All paid via Bitcoins! - 11/02/2019 04:07:46 PM 641 Views
I can't even imagine... - 11/02/2019 04:47:31 PM 693 Views
Agreed, it would destroy a lot of households. *NM* - 12/02/2019 04:59:45 AM 395 Views
You realize this is a ridiculous comparison, right? - 11/02/2019 06:06:55 PM 888 Views
Eliminating my health insurance costs benefits my employer far more than me. - 11/02/2019 06:34:44 PM 716 Views
I agree, it's not obvious where that money would go. - 11/02/2019 08:14:31 PM 705 Views
The Trump tax cuts put an extra $300 per month in my take-home pay. - 11/02/2019 08:18:04 PM 671 Views
I was talking about the corporate tax reduction part. - 11/02/2019 08:39:08 PM 725 Views
So if they just took the money your employer is already paying... *NM* - 11/02/2019 11:43:02 PM 371 Views
Mookie why can't I buy into Medicare, why do you get Medicare? - 12/02/2019 12:47:42 AM 678 Views
I do not have Medicare even though I’m old enough to qualify. - 12/02/2019 12:52:04 AM 654 Views
I repeat why can't I buy into Medicare? - 12/02/2019 01:06:26 AM 649 Views
I liked Mike Tyson’s version. - 12/02/2019 03:06:51 AM 672 Views
I never answered your question, did I? - 13/02/2019 12:33:55 AM 653 Views
Buy in, he said. - 13/02/2019 12:41:29 AM 659 Views
Less than private insurance? - 13/02/2019 12:59:44 AM 654 Views
You are making assumptions here. - 13/02/2019 01:27:12 AM 678 Views
You’re right, I am. - 13/02/2019 02:08:02 AM 676 Views
Nothing wrong with that - 13/02/2019 03:18:40 AM 670 Views
I’m sorry Roland that your experiences have been so negative. - 13/02/2019 03:33:20 AM 649 Views
by the way, I’m on my third dirty Cajun martini... - 13/02/2019 03:41:51 AM 660 Views
It is probably good that I am broke right now - 13/02/2019 04:21:37 AM 669 Views
Yup... - 13/02/2019 05:00:42 AM 656 Views
Yes , you are right - 13/02/2019 05:16:07 AM 677 Views
I'll have to take your word for it... - 11/02/2019 07:14:15 PM 698 Views
Fair enough. - 11/02/2019 08:22:13 PM 679 Views
*nods* - 11/02/2019 10:16:12 PM 688 Views
Is it really wasteful? I think that is just your moral intuition. - 12/02/2019 12:55:21 AM 645 Views
Have you ever worked with the US government? - 12/02/2019 05:30:44 PM 697 Views
I can't import the paperwork and accounting software without importing their values? - 12/02/2019 06:08:07 PM 646 Views
As someone who writes technical documents and consults with software.... - 12/02/2019 09:30:33 PM 651 Views
Too many cooks, thus we must remain with the Status Quo? *NM* - 12/02/2019 10:06:32 PM 338 Views
On US government inefficiency... - 13/02/2019 12:45:39 AM 690 Views
I agree with you. - 13/02/2019 06:42:21 PM 638 Views
How is it ridiculous? - 12/02/2019 12:45:40 AM 678 Views

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