Re:Uber CEO says its service will probably shut down tempora...
by gamblor956 on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @01:46PM
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A single-payer system isn't a state healthcare system.
It's a public-private healthcare system in which a single entity pays all healthcare providers for health services rendered.
Individual providers would still be free to negotiate their own rates with the single-payer entity.
Individual providers would still be free to provide concierge medical services or other non-covered medical services (for example, most plastic surgery).
Individual providers would still be free to distinguish themselves on the basis of patient service.
And with all due respect, the problem with the post office is that the GOP requires it to pay for decades of upfront expenses now rather than when those expenses are incurred, unlike a private business, and the GOP won't actually let the post office operate anything like a private business. If the post office could operate like a private company it would shut down every rural post office in America, since those are just money drains that detract from the profitable urban and suburban facilities. If the post office could operate like a government agency again (like it did before Reagan), it would run as smooth as butter.
It's a public-private healthcare system in which a single entity pays all healthcare providers for health services rendered.
Individual providers would still be free to negotiate their own rates with the single-payer entity.
Individual providers would still be free to provide concierge medical services or other non-covered medical services (for example, most plastic surgery).
Individual providers would still be free to distinguish themselves on the basis of patient service.
And with all due respect, the problem with the post office is that the GOP requires it to pay for decades of upfront expenses now rather than when those expenses are incurred, unlike a private business, and the GOP won't actually let the post office operate anything like a private business. If the post office could operate like a private company it would shut down every rural post office in America, since those are just money drains that detract from the profitable urban and suburban facilities. If the post office could operate like a government agency again (like it did before Reagan), it would run as smooth as butter.