They apparently can't figure out how to pay for it...
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2014/12/vermont-gives-up-on-single-payer.html
Cheers,
Scott.
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2014/12/vermont-gives-up-on-single-payer.html
Cheers,
Scott.
One for MM - SmartyPants: Vermont gives up on Single Payer.
They apparently can't figure out how to pay for it... http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2014/12/vermont-gives-up-on-single-payer.html Cheers, Scott. |
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Can't be done by individual states. It has to be national. For a variety of reasons. YOU KNOW THAT.
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Yet Canada started province by province. Hmm... ;-)
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Clue: Canada != USA.
Moreover, we ALREADY HAVE A NATIONAL SINGLE PAYER PLAN THAT WORKS AND COVERS ABOUT HALF OF ALL CURRENT MEDICAL EXPENSES. It just doesn't "kick in" until age 65. HTH. |
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And while we're on the topic...
According to a Harris Poll of all industrial nations, Americans are the least satisfied with their health care. http://bcn.boulder.co.us/health/healthwatch/canada.html But, hey, private health insurance is better because Obama and profit, right? :-/ |
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Re: And while we're on the topic...
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Heh!
From that thread (I know, bad form quoting yourself, but still :0) Obama's policies have turned us into a nation debating whether we should be as liberal as Nixon or as conservative as Armey or Bachmann. |
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since I manage my own plan here is the problem
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/16/health/the-odd-math-of-medical-tests-one-echocardiogram-two-prices-both-high.html Before doing anything I negotiate up front. Trying to do that for everyone in Vermont would be hard. They could match medicare payments but that may cause providers to not accept patients. Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 59 years. meep |
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And *THAT* is why one state cannot implement Single Payer here.
Providers would be hard pressed to "not accept patients" if there was only one payer in the system. |
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11.5%?
That is less than we currently pay in premiums alone (11.8%). If we dare go beyond the annual physical, it can go up to 20%. Sad thing is that the whole operation got derailed by what should have been a sideshow, namely the sign-up process. Vermont used the same asshats which developed the federal website and got the same results. Unfortunately, they had also concentrated all marketing efforts on the technological aspects and when the site fell over, the failure got projected on the entire single payer concept. |