health care after krasnov

[rampartd]

the system is going all the way down.

lets build it back as one system single payer .

i've been partial to medicare, but we need to be ready to pass a simple comprehensive plan as soon as we swear in a majority.

has krasnov destroyed the cdc because they would not let him announce a vaccine in 2020? i have some ideas for that as well.

[LyfeTimeDem]

1. okay... but how

[Silent Type]

2. Congress has really failed us on healthcare. They've had 60 years to get it right, but have failed.

[rampartd]

3. we will never get this right as a "for profit" industry.

[Nanjeanne]

4. With what is happening to the ACA - the Democrats should seize the opportunity to produce a Medicare For All

Plan and sell it like crazy. Now is the time - and the most ripe the country is for a system that is "all in" and not one that provides subsidies to private insurance companies with tax payer dollars. Just look at where the $ go. Taxpayers pay bloated insurance companies so much money to support a system that still requires people to have extremely high yearly deductibles. And without that taxpayer money . . . look at what insurance companies are actually charging people. Fighting so hard to put back all that money to "subsidize" insurance companies with our money is so obviously crazy it's no wonder other countries have found a better way.

[rampartd]

5. the insurance company adds very little value to the system

compared to the costs of management, advertising, and such .......

[Nanjeanne]

6. Very little value? I have no idea what value they add at all to be honest. Medicare works quite well for us - and

the fact that I have to buy a supplemental policy from a private insurance company to cover the 20% that Medicare doesn't cover is frankly insane. I'd be happy to just have 100% Medicare For All - and the rich will always be able to buy additional policies, there will always be an opportunity for "extras" - but there wouldn't be Medical Debt and Bankruptcy. People wouldn't have to pay monthly premiums and then thousands of dollars in deductibles before getting anything back from the system - and even if they could finally afford and meet the $5000 by the time the year is over - it's time to start it all over again.