Those are all great things that we should invest in that could have
Long-term benefits not just to healthcare costs, but the health. In the meantime however we have to deal with what we have, which is that millions and millions of people in this country do not have access to affordable healthcare. They will get urgent health care and we will all pay for it. That’s how it’s always worked. Except the number of people who can’t pay for necessary healthcare continues to grow. The ACA addressed a large part of it but that of course is falling apart. The most cost-effective way to manage an insurance pool is to have that pool as large and broad as possible so as to disperse risk. I think that helps make an argument for a tax funded universal healthcare structure. That’s not quite the same As a single pay structure like Medicare but the case for that is more based on whether one believes competition among providers results in lower cost of insurance advantages commensurate with redundant cost structures
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Posted: 02/23/2020 at 1:46PM