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This cant be said enough... When i had a doctor come to my door asking if i had any masks to donate I had some choice words for that schmuck.
@freemo I think that banning health insurance could get rid of this problem overnight.
Ya know I never considered banning health insurance... and I was about to say that sounds idiotic... but as I try to type it i just keep going "he aint wrong".. if everyone had to pay cash people would be pissed as fuck at the rip off prices and might actually demand some change.
The problem is people dont know how to fix problems. So while they would demand change that demand would be "make it free for everyone!" and then we are right back at having insurance again.
@freemo @realcaseyrollins Maybe a happy middle ground is higher deductibles. A lot of people don't need insurance for things that cost a couple hundred, they need insurance for something that costs thousands.
In this way, a lot of people would shop around for a lot of medical purchases, but you'd avoid financial ruin for a huge thing.
Not sure how a higher deductible would fix the extortion pricing that ultimately drives up either your medical bill or your monthly insurance bill.
To me the solution is clear, there is really only one. Co-op only healthcare. By making all healthcare (especially insurance) co-op you retaint he group bargaining, institute supply-demand pressures to improve service and pricing, and eliminate the greed element by ensuring the customers are the owners. This allows insurance to remain free market (addressing the issues with universal healthcare) while also removing the greed and exploirtation factor (a problem with unregulated free market healthcare).
