No public option is ok?
Not having a one payer system is bad enough, but thinking of not even having a public option is unthinkable. I voted democrat this time, because of a few things. Health care was #1 reason. If democrats screw this up, people will be motivated to vote against them. As for the reasons to not have a one payer system, let me rebut them. The only time people are put on a waiting list in Britain is if it's a cosmetic or optional surgery. People don't die on waiting list, unless, like here in America, they are waiting for a organ to be donated. Another thing is that health insurance is for profit, essentially a middleman. if we want to cut hc costs, then you need to cut out the middleman. "So many people would lose their jobs," well not if we hire tell to run the one payer system to cut scams like on medicare. In fact more people than that would need to be hired, since so many people don't have health insurance right now. The former insurance workers won't have to deny coverage to make profits, it would be in the actual interest of the patient. People who cry out that they don't want the govt. to decide their health care, has obviously never been at the mercy of hc insurance company! I have a chronic illness, so I know what it's like to have to fight for the coverage you pay for. Another reason to have a one payer instead of a public option is that doctors would have to accept one payer, but could refuse public option like they do medicare/medicaid. The govt. could also create an incentive to try and bring doctors back to being PCPs or Rheumatologists, because both are now hard to find and it will only get worse, because doctors go to specialties that have surgeries, because it pays more. I'm not saying harder work shouldn't equal more pay, but something has to be done, maybe pay some of their student loans or something like that. I have had all 4 experiences, worthless insurance, medicaid, no insurance and decent insurance. I say I would rather deal with govt, than any of the others, even though I'm dealing with an appeal from SS disability!
Labels: healthcare, illness, one payer
