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"Medicare For All" is a misnomer. It is misleading on purpose. Let me explain

  • Offline MalabarJag
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04-24-2019, 05:05 PM

(04-24-2019, 11:10 AM)mikesez Wrote:
(04-24-2019, 10:30 AM)MalabarJag Wrote:
When the government takes over health care waiting lines are longer and health is rationed and prioritized. That's been the case in every country with universal health care. If you think that this would be done without eliminating some types of care for seniors "who are about to die anyway" then you are really naive.

It's rationed and prioritized now.
First to people with the most generous insurance coverage and lowest deductibles, then down the line to people with higher deductibles and copays, then finally those with no coverage at all only get emergency care.  
Our wait times for appointments with specialists are longer than those in some more "socialized" countries today.
The wait time thing has more to do with how many doctors and nurses are able to obtain licenses and work full time, than it does with questions of insurance payments and government involvement.

I was responding to how "Medicare for All" would affect seniors. Apparently you not only didn't understand the comment, you didn't (and still don't) even understand the subject it was addressing. So let me type this very slowly so you can understand.

If "Medicare for All" is implemented, it will result in longer wait times for seniors already on Medicare.
If "Medicare for All" is implemented it will result in some seniors not getting the medical care they currently get under Medicare because just letting them die will save a lot of money.

Sure if you can afford to go outside the Medicare route then you can avoid the longer wait times associated with universal health care, but that wasn't the thrust of the comment you claimed not to understand.



                                                                          

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RE: "Medicare For All" is a misnomer. It is misleading on purpose. Let me explain - by MalabarJag - 04-24-2019, 05:05 PM



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