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then why mention the EU?You just need single payer. when the federal government negotiates on behalf of literally everyone at once, they have a lot of leverage to prevent overpricing.
You can continue to advocate for a UK system. There is little interest here. We will continue to have a mixed system as does much of Europe. What we need is to have universal access and for the system to run better. Does it run better in various countries in Europe? yes. We can learn from them.
I think if we are going to keep private insurance it needs a huge overhaul. It needs to be sold to individuals/families and not offered through employers the way it is now. One shouldn’t lose their insurance because they leave an employer. Also, employer provided takes away competition that improves a service. Employees get what the employer chooses, it should be more like choosing car insurance where the various companies have to complete for customers.My point was not that the US system was best. I was merely pointing out that many of the European systems rely on private insurance. I'm sure that many don't have their government operating 1200 hospitals.
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I'm fine with Medicare for elders.
I'm fine with a combination of employer, private insurance, and government for those under 65.
There are many ways to improve our systems. I strongly suspect that California can do fine with a choice between a couple of insurance companies, Kaiser and a public option.
I think if we are going to keep private insurance it needs a huge overhaul. It needs to be sold to individuals/families and not offered through employers the way it is now. One shouldn’t lose their insurance because they leave an employer. Also, employer provided takes away competition that improves a service. Employees get what the employer chooses, it should be more like choosing car insurance where the various companies have to complete for customers.
But it is still tied to employment and union jobs are not the majority anymore. It needs to change so that individuals have the power rather than unions and employers. Personally I am for a Medicare for all type deal with private insurance working like it does with Medicare now if we must keep any form of private insurance.In may experience, unions through employers negotiate much better than individuals. Also, managers then get those very good plans.
But it is still tied to employment and union jobs are not the majority anymore. It needs to change so that individuals have the power rather than unions and employers. Personally I am for a Medicare for all type deal with private insurance working like it does with Medicare now if we must keep any form of private insurance.
What's needed is a focus on the problem, it is more important than any other apart from immigration and global warming, but it could be solved very quickly.
One obstacle is the amount of wrong information out there. For example two people in one day told me that cancelling one new aircraft carrier would pay for the entire medical system for one year. The new aircraft carrier was 12.3 billion dollars, medical care for the country in 2019 was 3,800 billion.
Some of the health insurance companies made a lot more in profit alone than the aircraft carrier cost even after adding the planes.
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