DocBarrister wrote: ↑Fri Apr 10, 2020 8:16 pmPB’s plan is also a variant of Medicare for All. Many if not most Medicare recipients pay for a supplemental private plan that pays for things that Medicare does not cover.Laxgunea wrote: ↑Fri Apr 10, 2020 4:24 pmThat would be a good system, PB, if it were permanently funded. The risk ... just a risk ... is that people who purchase private insurance say to hell with paying taxes for universal coverage. Then you get one level of care that is the best in the world and another that is third world ... and an increasing social divide and resentment because of it. It happens in states where education is set up that way (like Hawaii, where public schools are horrible, but Obama went to an incredible private school). I'll vote for your system if it is funded along the lines of Medicare or social security.Peter Brown wrote: ↑Fri Apr 10, 2020 2:28 pma fan wrote: ↑Fri Apr 10, 2020 1:29 pmWhat are you talking about? Why would I hate you for saying this?Peter Brown wrote: ↑Fri Apr 10, 2020 1:17 pm And second, I agree our healthcare system is a complete mess. a fan hates me for saying so, but we need a two-tiered structure similar to Europe. One, a M4A system, but the trade for that is don't expect JHU Hospital/Mass Gen Hospital levels of care. You get what you get and no one gets to sue. But it also does not cost you a direct penny, other than of course it gets paid for by tax dollars (no such thing as a free lunch).
Then, if people wish to pay for a private system, they have that option too. And by directly paying, you will get much better care. This is how it works in Europe.
https://www.vox.com/health-care/2019/2/ ... is-sanders
I agree completely that our healthcare system is a mess. And I would have NO PROBLEM signing up for this hybrid system of yours.....
Must have misunderstood.
Did not know that Peter Brown was a Bernie Bro!
DocBarrister
Ultimately M4A pays for itself. If you aren’t healthy, you can hardly be expected to be a functioning productive taxpayer. I have one word of caution though: we have to limit lawsuits against medical providers if we go down that road. As a society, there are things we must provide citizens. Healthcare is one.