Quote:Let's explore this argument,

 

before the ACA you had private for profit insurance companies providing a service at sometimes ridiculous prices for services that where extremely bloated. Yes the wealthy often had Cadillac insurance plans that covered any and everything and those plans came with Cadillac premiums.

 

Most of us had employer provided insurance through our work, some people where forced to purchase insurance on their own at a higher premium and some where on Medicaid programs. I think everyone would agree the biggest problem was if you had to buy insurance outside of your employer you got less coverage for more money and you had to pay taxes on your insurance premiums. That could've been fixed by ending government regulation that prevented individuals from shopping insurance plans across state borders ( that law was practically written by insurance lobbyist.) Secondly we could've made it possible for private individuals to purchase their premiums pre-tax the same as if purchasing through and employer. Also some people where simply cash customers, emergency rooms took people in all the time that had no insurance at all and then those individuals where responsible to pay the bill like any other bill.

 

Instead what you have is a total overhaul of the system where you are now forced under threat of prosecution from the government to purchase a product that might or might not even do anything for you.

 

The solution was competition, the ACA essentially eliminated all competition and socialized health care. It's a system designed to fail because the real goal is single payer.

I think this is a fair assessment. The ACA is clearly flawed and yeah single payer is where the left wants to go. 

 

I don't however think competition is so clearly the solution. In a vacuum competition is great but I think it's quite apparent there is massive collusion between the providers and the industry as a whole. I don't believe for a second that left to their own devices the industry would stop gouging any and everyone possible just to pad the coffers even more. There are problems with government trying to control the system as well. I am not sure what the solution is but I don't think having either in total control is the answer. 

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