Healthcare

[claidheamhmor]

I've been reading a lot about the proposed US healthcare bill, and the opposition to it. Now, to my mind, general public healthcare is a good thing; can anyone explain reasonably clearly why this proposal has problems? I'd like to know why there is opposition to it.

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[the-eleven.livejournal.com]

Well..because my understanding is that the thing you call admirable isn't QUITE what's being offered.

I don't feel like writing a long essay here but I don't think there's another way to explain the issues properly. Essentially, the odds are good that this is just going to cause US medical expenses to SKYROCKET. We aren't adding new providers, just lots of new customers; and on top of that none of the bills address the tort reform issue (look it up).

The US employer-based healthcare system has been a nightmare hodgepodge since the '40s. A GOOD solution would be to wipe the table clean and institute a single-payer system. This solution at hand just piles a MASSIVE layer of bureaucracy and paperwork on top of a system already overpriced and prone to fraud and corruption.

I guess my complaint is that I don't think it will promote better access to healthcare. Most of the people I know in their 20s have insurance, but it costs so much and has such a high deductible that they can't afford to use it unless they're in a catastrophic situation, and nothing being proposed looks like it will fix that.