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Re:Health insurers just published close to a trillion hospit... by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @06:10PM (#32743879)
> but ... this is actually the crux of the issue

I'm not sure it is. Universal healthcare is orthogonal to private health insurance. That's the lesson of Switzerland's example. I don't believe this is commonly known or accepted in American politics. Instead, any attempt at reform is pitched and vilified as an attempt to end private health insurance and healthcare.

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Re:Health insurers just published close to a trillion hospit... by PaulDavisThe1st on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @09:35PM (#32745395)
It may not be commonly known in the USA. However, I'm a european immigrant of 33 years, and it's well known to me.

However, "private health insurance" is not, in and of itself, really "a thing". Only "private health insurance plus a regulatory structure for it". It is in this department that the US falls over so badly, while, for example, Switzerland gets it (mostly) right.

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Re:Health insurers just published close to a trillion hospit... by bhupy on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @06:57PM (#32744250)
Not sure why you're getting downvoted, but this is exactly correct. Universal healthcare != public healthcare.
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