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Less than private insurance? damookster Send a noteboard - 13/02/2019 12:59:44 AM

Maybe. Even today many doctors and private hospitals won't accept new Medicare patients due to the caps in the payment schedule. If you assume Medicare would have to accept anyone who wanted to buy in, irrespective of preexisting conditions, then it would have much more inherent risk. Which means higher costs or even lower payouts, making it even less desirable for health care providers.

Medicare for all would have to be a single payer system with all other forms of health insurance disbanded. Obviously this is the end goal for those who promote it.

Mook

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Medicare for All - just add 36% points to your marginal tax rate - - 11/02/2019 02:30:53 PM 1052 Views
That is just to cover the additional costs. - 11/02/2019 03:36:23 PM 526 Views
Very good point! *NM* - 11/02/2019 04:07:17 PM 282 Views
But I heard we can just print some $1 Trillion coins and pay for it that way *NM* - 11/02/2019 03:38:01 PM 290 Views
All paid via Bitcoins! - 11/02/2019 04:07:46 PM 491 Views
I can't even imagine... - 11/02/2019 04:47:31 PM 543 Views
Agreed, it would destroy a lot of households. *NM* - 12/02/2019 04:59:45 AM 312 Views
You realize this is a ridiculous comparison, right? - 11/02/2019 06:06:55 PM 701 Views
Eliminating my health insurance costs benefits my employer far more than me. - 11/02/2019 06:34:44 PM 556 Views
I agree, it's not obvious where that money would go. - 11/02/2019 08:14:31 PM 544 Views
The Trump tax cuts put an extra $300 per month in my take-home pay. - 11/02/2019 08:18:04 PM 519 Views
I was talking about the corporate tax reduction part. - 11/02/2019 08:39:08 PM 545 Views
So if they just took the money your employer is already paying... *NM* - 11/02/2019 11:43:02 PM 298 Views
Mookie why can't I buy into Medicare, why do you get Medicare? - 12/02/2019 12:47:42 AM 513 Views
I do not have Medicare even though I’m old enough to qualify. - 12/02/2019 12:52:04 AM 505 Views
I repeat why can't I buy into Medicare? - 12/02/2019 01:06:26 AM 483 Views
I liked Mike Tyson’s version. - 12/02/2019 03:06:51 AM 513 Views
I never answered your question, did I? - 13/02/2019 12:33:55 AM 494 Views
Buy in, he said. - 13/02/2019 12:41:29 AM 494 Views
Less than private insurance? - 13/02/2019 12:59:44 AM 494 Views
You are making assumptions here. - 13/02/2019 01:27:12 AM 492 Views
You’re right, I am. - 13/02/2019 02:08:02 AM 506 Views
Nothing wrong with that - 13/02/2019 03:18:40 AM 506 Views
I’m sorry Roland that your experiences have been so negative. - 13/02/2019 03:33:20 AM 504 Views
by the way, I’m on my third dirty Cajun martini... - 13/02/2019 03:41:51 AM 503 Views
It is probably good that I am broke right now - 13/02/2019 04:21:37 AM 517 Views
Yup... - 13/02/2019 05:00:42 AM 492 Views
Yes , you are right - 13/02/2019 05:16:07 AM 523 Views
I'll have to take your word for it... - 11/02/2019 07:14:15 PM 533 Views
Fair enough. - 11/02/2019 08:22:13 PM 511 Views
*nods* - 11/02/2019 10:16:12 PM 530 Views
Is it really wasteful? I think that is just your moral intuition. - 12/02/2019 12:55:21 AM 480 Views
Have you ever worked with the US government? - 12/02/2019 05:30:44 PM 523 Views
I can't import the paperwork and accounting software without importing their values? - 12/02/2019 06:08:07 PM 493 Views
As someone who writes technical documents and consults with software.... - 12/02/2019 09:30:33 PM 495 Views
Too many cooks, thus we must remain with the Status Quo? *NM* - 12/02/2019 10:06:32 PM 265 Views
On US government inefficiency... - 13/02/2019 12:45:39 AM 509 Views
I agree with you. - 13/02/2019 06:42:21 PM 466 Views
How is it ridiculous? - 12/02/2019 12:45:40 AM 520 Views

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