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Re:Aetna CEO Threatened Obamacare Pullout If Feds Opposed Hu... by api on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @02:15PM (#12306909)
There's no benefit I can see. Our present system combines everything that is bad about "socialized" medicine (loads of regulation, bureaucracy, inflexibility, etc.) with everything that is bad about private medicine (inequality, high cost, fragmentation).
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Re:Aetna CEO Threatened Obamacare Pullout If Feds Opposed Hu... by Cursuviam on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @02:17PM (#12306939)
One of the few benefits is that the rich do well in this system.
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Re:Aetna CEO Threatened Obamacare Pullout If Feds Opposed Hu... by Frondo on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @02:20PM (#12306974)
It's not just the rich who do well, it's the middlemen at every step of the process. Everyone skims a little extra off the top when medicine or medical equipment is so expensive. Bring costs in line with any other western nation and you're looking at a massive wealth transfer away from everyone with their finger in the health care pie--not just the rich.
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