It’s my take, and has been from last year around June, that he wants it out of the government’s hands.
Purists will get upset because he talks about taking care of the 40 million uninsured. They shouldn’t because our government has always taken care of them.
They go to the hospital and the government picks up the tab. There are some restrictions and qualifiers, but that’s what happens.
When addressing this group, he has talked about seeing if the private sector could come up with a plan to take care of this group too.
One thing that could be done, is the government take out a minimalist health plan for them. Sounds crazy, but it beats the government picking up the whole tab for each uninsured person.
If the government took out a $10,000 deductible plan for them, it would limit government exposure to $10,000 dollars instead of $10,001 to $200,000 per case.
That could provide service at a much reduced cost to the government than it has been paying.
If the private sector can come up with something else, or in addition, I think that would be great.
At least he’s moving in the right direction for the vast majority of it.
he has talked about seeing if the private sector could come up with a plan to take care of this group too.”
Charity hospitals took care of the poor in America for decades. They were staffed by religious orders with doctors volunteering their time. People from all economic groups donated money to keep them running.