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Originally Posted by (.Y.)mom2dd(.Y.)
I feel like my posts are being missed because this is the third time I'll be pointing out that there is a conflict of interest in having doctors that have the choice to break even with your current insurance/medaid programs compared to going with elite insurance coverage where they make a profit. Here we pay our doctors, better than other public servants, but they still practice under the notion they aren't doing it for the money.
But right now in your system, your paying for someone's profit, the insurance companies' profit.
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Michelle, I'm not really missing your points but I'm looking for someone to give me examples of how the US govt. can manage the program. US examples. Yes, private insurance compensates dr.'s more than medicaid. I've also seen one person on the board state that her family has health insurance through her husbands
state job....and that the coverage sucks. My state has been trying to get a lower cost program off the ground for small business, self employed individuals, and those who have to self buy for a long time and its slow going because no one wants to pay higher taxes and the premiums are still a little high. They're still working on it. I beleive Mass. has sort of a state universal type program but I don't know how well that is working. If someone that has info on that can chime in, it would be great.
As to my point about employer based insurance, I was talking about the attitude many have about their benefits ~ entitlement ~ when benefits are really extras. And the sad part is that many who have employer based insurance, have no idea what the full premium costs. I often say that if everyone was suddenly faced with having to self buy their own health insurance, there would be many more ready to work towards some sort of real change.