jayem
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I’m a retired health care provider. I’ve got one very specific prediction related thereto:
By 2041, health insurance will finally be separated from employment. There will be some type of hybrid single-payer coverage based on the Medicare model. (The single-payer doesn’t have to be nationalized. I’d prefer it to be regional, established and managed by groups of contiguous states.) Our current hodge-podge of employer group coverage, individual policies, Medicare/Medicaid, and voluntary medical expense-sharing plans—among others—is an obsolete relic of the last century that’s overly expensive, inefficient and can’t control costs. The impetus for health insurance reform will come from the business world. 50% of us still get coverage from our jobs. But the time is coming when employers will insist that the health benefits monkey be taken off their backs.
By 2041, health insurance will finally be separated from employment. There will be some type of hybrid single-payer coverage based on the Medicare model. (The single-payer doesn’t have to be nationalized. I’d prefer it to be regional, established and managed by groups of contiguous states.) Our current hodge-podge of employer group coverage, individual policies, Medicare/Medicaid, and voluntary medical expense-sharing plans—among others—is an obsolete relic of the last century that’s overly expensive, inefficient and can’t control costs. The impetus for health insurance reform will come from the business world. 50% of us still get coverage from our jobs. But the time is coming when employers will insist that the health benefits monkey be taken off their backs.
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