People intentionally confusing the two to score points is very annoying I KNOW that the existing health insurance system is full of waste and if you made it disappear and replaced it with single-payer you'd save money The question is HOW DO YOU DO THAT
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"I would do it by starting a revolution" is not a satisfying answer, at least not when you're promising to get it done sometime in the next five years
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As long as I've been paying attention to this issue the most plausible path toward universal coverage has always been a universal mandate + public option and the public option steadily grows to cover more and more of the population
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This isn't a half measure being proposed because Americans are uniquely recalcitrant capitalists, this is literally what happened in several European countries, whose universal coverage evolved from or in some cases still is a "mixed" system
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But now we're being told this is unacceptable and the only way we will ever see universal coverage is if an iron-fisted President marches into the corporate offices of Blue Cross Blue Shield shouting "Your business is over! To the guillotine with you!" Sorry if I'm skeptical
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Look, I hate the big private insurers too, but they exist now and they're very powerful The NHS in the UK was formed at a time when "health insurance" was only purchased by the rich, most doctor's visits were paid in cash and the NHS was the first insurance most people ever had
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That's not the world we live in anymore and we can't recreate it Path dependency is a thing
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I have to say, Canadians are BAFFLED by every conversation in the media on US Universal Healthcare but not surprised. UR entire society is based on PROFIT-your crack cocaine. Sorry, but dismantling your Ferrari-driving- doc healthcare system will be easier than taking your AR15's
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