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? asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 5 years ago

Would single payer health care be better then Obama care?

Update:

Can you also explain why?

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  • 5 years ago

    Yes. Under ACA ("Obama care") there is still profit being sucked out of us -- profit for the insurance company shareholders, profit for hospital corporation shareholders, profit for imaging center shareholders, profit for lab company shareholders and so on and on and on.

    Suppose that 20 cents of every health care dollar you spend is going into the pockets of these shareholders. That means that if you eliminate payment to these shareholders, a procedure that now costs $200 would drop in cost to $160. Eliminate profit and the cost to the consumer goes down, way down.

    And BTW is is MORE than 20%, not less that is consumed by this mad for profit system. Consumers not only pay extra to enrich share holders under the current system, but also pay for the inefficiency of having hundreds of different insurance plans with hundreds of different sets of rules instead of the efficiency of having just one set of rules.

    Further, since people will no longer be kicked from plan to plan to plan as their employers offer a different plan each year, people will no longer be starting the year by being denied to medications and treatments that they know work for them because "the new insurance won't cover it." Health will improve; people will feel better.

  • J M
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    Of course. But there is no way Republicans would let that happen. Insurance industry is too profitable, and drug companies have bought Republicans.

    Obama care is working for many people.

  • Having No healthcare at all is better than Obamacare.

  • 5 years ago

    NO would you pay for the 3rd world's medical bill? If not why do you think others should be forced to pay yours.

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    yes

  • Noroider! Why are you such a racist con?

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