Quote:This is a solution to a problem that should not exist. Health insurance it the root of our medical system's problem. Not only to patients but to doctors. My SO doesn't get paid half the time (and hence her patients dont get bills paid off) because fight nearly every claim made to them. You pay for a product you don't get as you should. Obviously that is anecdotal and not the case for everyone. Just like the idea that the insurances costs have skyrocketed across the board is not the case for everyone. 

 

I do agree, however, that the ACA is a flawed piece of legislation. It does not fix the major problems it just patches a couple of issues like pre-existing condition denial and healthcare for poor. 

 

I think it also patches the problem of people freeloading off the system and raising the cost of us who actually pay our bills.    The requirement that everyone buy health insurance is to me one of the best parts of the ACA.   So many people go the the emergency room without health insurance and wind up not paying that the ones of us who actually do pay our medical bills pay for them too.   Why am I paying for a person who willfully does not have health insurance?    So to me, everyone should be required to have health insurance. 

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