Quote:We don't have socialized medicine, we have crony capitalism where the government requires the private purchase of a selected product. Escalating premiums are a leading indicator of CC, no or extremely low premiums would indicate socialization. And if you think premiums are the issue then you have no concept of the increase in administrative costs to the providers of the services that, coupled with the current and coming penalty structures in the government health plans, are driving the older physicians to early retirement, that's what's going to drive your scarcity in services. The cost of doing business that the government is putting on providers will continue to stagnate the number of new physicians entering the field at a time when we should be increasing them. And now that they want to make systemic changes to the reimbursement models physicians will be on the hook for clinical outcomes to patients who live in their communities that aren't even their patients. If you need help getting to sleep read up on the Medicare Value Based Payment Modifier or the coming system of Community-based Population Health Management. Just remember that the geeks are in charge so every problem needs an Excel spreadsheet and a cross-functional health information management tool to find a solution.

It's a form of socialized medicine in the reality that tax payers are funding the premiums and government is regulating the level of care. Really it's the worse possible solution we have where government subsidized insurance companies that have no incentive to control cost. Insurance companies no longer have to worry about making their products affordable or even appealing government has mandated we have to buy it.


The problem is a full repeal wouldn't bring the premiums back down to pre-ACA levels it's like taxes once they find a reason to increase it they never reign it back in. Not to mentions republicans have zero interest in repealing the pre-existing conditions.


It's quite the mess were in I'm not sure how they can fix it to be honest.

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