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TexasBushwhacker

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8. Yes, without competition from a public option like Medicare ...

Reply to quinnox (Reply #7)

Mon Dec 10, 2012, 08:27 PM

Dec 2012

private healthcare costs will continue to skyrocket. Why does an aspirin cost $25 in the hospital? Because they can get the insurance company to pay that. Why does a coronary bypass operation cost $200K? Same thing. An MRI costs $1200 in the US. In France it costs $250. The "free market", charging whatever the market will bear, is a disaster when it comes to healthcare.

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True or False: EXPANDING Medicare to All is the most fiscally conservative policy option. [View all] Faryn Balyncd Dec 2012 OP

not a nice thing to say about democrats lol - they don't want medicare for all nt msongs Dec 2012 #1

Don't tar us all with the same brush! dchill Dec 2012 #2

True. Having young healthy people in the system will balance it out. JaneyVee Dec 2012 #3

true - the larger the pool the less adversity affects it. rurallib Dec 2012 #4

False. All workers pay into Medicare now. banned from Kos Dec 2012 #5

It would seem that the question would be to compare the fiscal soundness of Medicare for All vs the Faryn Balyncd Dec 2012 #12

false Johonny Dec 2012 #6

make it available to all, regardless of age quinnox Dec 2012 #7

Yes, without competition from a public option like Medicare ... TexasBushwhacker Dec 2012 #8

I just have to nod my head in agreement quinnox Dec 2012 #9

If you were in a cave during the creation of the Affordable Care Act, Cleita Dec 2012 #10

one can draw a direct line from the end of prohibition to the health care debacle. stlsaxman Dec 2012 #14

& insurace companies won't reach that point until they have sucked us dry. Faryn Balyncd Dec 2012 #15

True, even with abuses it functions at something more than 10 points lower than the MLR patrice Dec 2012 #11

It would be the most fiscally efficient option. limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #13