Not really. It works like this. They over charge you on drugs and services. That means you have to get insurance to pay for it. So now you're paying the insurance company and the hospitals and pharma companies get a cut. They then provide drugs and services for the real price instead of the inflated price. All of which is designed to keep you sick and reliant on the medical system and paying into it. They only give you the run around if they want you to get sicker so they can make more money off you.
The problem is insurance. And every politician on both sides says the solution is more insurance. I'm not insured. It's not as bad as people think if you bother to save a little.
For example I had a minor surgery on my foot that I paid out of pocket for, after researching several places I could do it. $600 for the whole thing. Everyone acts like $600 coming out of pocket makes you a victim or something. I'd put $600 dollars into a car to get it working. Why is it that someone using their labor to get your body working right is a rip off but you are happy to blow tens of thousands of dollars on cars?
But of course sometimes things in medicine cost more than $600. But why do they? Because insurance exists. If no body had insurance and everybody just paid for things it wouldn't be that bad.
But instead we have a system where every doctor tries to charge the maximum amount to play chicken with an insurance company, and patients (aka customers) who just sign up for anything without looking into what actually is a positive for their heath and provides the most value for cost. Then insurance companies spend all their dollars on lawyers to try to reduce the utility they offer to their customers. The system encourages all three parties to be as retarded as possible, so of course it's not an economically sustainable system.
I love when people say "I got a job and have insurgence now". and when I ask "yeah but can you afford to see the dr and get meds?" how about that co pay. I get the Deer in the headlights look. Obama care was nothing but a Handout to the medical system by screwing the working class..
Hate to break it to you but they've both publicly stated they are Republicucks and voted for Republicuck presidents. They make fun of democrats all the time too. They made fun of Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Obama, Hillary Clinton, among others. They also make fun of generally democrat ideas like transgenderism and other stuff. Good to see you're a moron though.
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For example I had a minor surgery on my foot that I paid out of pocket for, after researching several places I could do it. $600 for the whole thing. Everyone acts like $600 coming out of pocket makes you a victim or something. I'd put $600 dollars into a car to get it working. Why is it that someone using their labor to get your body working right is a rip off but you are happy to blow tens of thousands of dollars on cars?
But of course sometimes things in medicine cost more than $600. But why do they? Because insurance exists. If no body had insurance and everybody just paid for things it wouldn't be that bad.
But instead we have a system where every doctor tries to charge the maximum amount to play chicken with an insurance company, and patients (aka customers) who just sign up for anything without looking into what actually is a positive for their heath and provides the most value for cost. Then insurance companies spend all their dollars on lawyers to try to reduce the utility they offer to their customers. The system encourages all three parties to be as retarded as possible, so of course it's not an economically sustainable system.
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