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The reality of healthcare is this: if we Americans wanted just one thing – access to health insurance (and therefore healthcare) without denial for pre-existing conditions – the reality is that would require regulation, government mandates, a mix of incentives and subsidies, and a policy that might make some insurance companies choose not to participate.
…which is basically what the Affordable Care Act did, but for several issues that were preventing Americans from getting not just affordable coverage, but treatment that wouldn’t bankrupt them.
The other thought I had this morning, was also related to very simple basic math, and the way things work: let’s say we do remove government “interference” from any and all private insurance. What would that produce? Actually, what DID that produce? Anyone remember HMOs (which generally only reimburse doctors and hospitals 10% of their costs)? Anyone forgotten how insurance company sought to do what completely unregulated businesses can do – which was to minimize expenses (not paying patient claims, denying
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