And...even if they pay the premiums the doctors and hospitals are going to be on the hook for co-pays and deductibles. The fact that these people have “insurance” is a joke.
The hospitals are treating the people anyway—through the ERs.
Plus, if you dump 30 million folks into a system without increasing the capacity of that system it will lead to huge problems.
Finally, if there is less “profit” for the doctors, who or what is going to pay their huge debts out of med school? There is no reason for an increase in doctors.
This whole thing is a disaster, waiting to happen.
…yep…and as your post points out…..totally unnecessary...
Some docs are demanding the deductibles up front ..... so, you need surgery and before it happens, you have to cough up $6K or $8K or $12K ... before the procedure.
That is a red herring, because we're dumping 50 million out of the system, which more than makes up for it.
Of course, those 50 million were basically responsible people, with decent coverage, who paid their premiums and bill; but you can't have everything!