The superior idea would have been to leave the healthcare system alone to start with. It all started because of the poor and ‘uninsurables’. It would have been much cheaper to GIVE these people insurance and pay for it out of pocket than to f@ck everyone with a sh!tty deal like we have now.
Yep. Couldn’t have said it better myself, Gaffer.
I think the uninsurable angle has warped the system forever. You can’t fix this anymore. Just by canceling the Obama system, then you have all the uninsurables standing there again, with no method of getting insurance, which congress will refuse (GOP included) dump them.
My brother brought this up during the week. Local guy from where I grew up....early 50’s...unemployed for at least five or six years....no insurance (note that in particular)...and diagnosed in the past ten days with serious cancer. Hospital already spent in range of $15,000 on guy to this point and they want him to exit the hospital and try to pay some part of the money.
The guy isn’t that bright, and should have signed up for the ObamaCare package back four years ago. Never did. So my brother suggested that the relatives go and get him registered now (ASAP) and at least all bills from this point on will be covered. It’ll cost him virtually nothing because he’s not making anything but welfare.
I have doubts that any of this current program will be around in three years. But it’ll just evolve to some other freakish health care program.