Until we eliminate for-profit health insurance companies, i will never be convinced this isn't anything other than a massive scam to over-inflate costs, and inflate insurance margins as much as the people can tolerate.
Im sure big-pharma has an interest in over-medicating too, but that should be solved by transparent pricing.
It still blows my mind i cant window shop hospital procedures.
The opaque-ness of medical billing in the US only further favors the for-profit insurance company margins.
Burn it all down. Single-payer for all. I really have zero sympathy for insurance companies who pride themselves on denying their paying clients life-saving care in favor of shareholder returns. It's such a crazy moral hazard that really highlights a sickness in America.
We already have multiple forms of socialized medicine, it isn’t perfect. Burning our current system down and shoving them all into Medicare and the VA system would kill thousands or more people, healthcare needs to be operational 24/7/365.
I think a gradual move to single payer is the way, but even if you could get that passed as legislation, which you can’t due to a rigged senate balance, and not struck down by SCOTUS, you’d need 10 years to begin the changeover. It’s really that massive of a project.
But it won’t happen with the current solidifying conservative governmental systems. Say hello to your future, it’s now.