We had affordable catastrophic coverage until Democrats outlawed it!
Before 2010 a $150 plan would protect you from cancer, a car wreck, or financial ruin.
I have this feeling that every single American would have been happy with $150 a month catastrophic premium.
Actually, some form of Universal Care could be cheaper, offer better care, and be less bureaucratic.
But the Democrats think if you just write the legislation, that makes it so. It doesn't
Because other countries do it, it must be easy for us to do it.
Problem in this country is no one really knows what medical care or drugs cost.
Everything related to the cost of care has been made intentionally opague. It's a business strategy at every step. Every healthcare contract has a confidentially clause.
Hospitals don't know how to allocate costs to determine their true cost
If you don't know what the cost of what the government wants to buy from you, and the government doesn't know what the fully burdened cost they will pay is. And we don't know how high end hospitals can offer the same level of care at Medicare pricing. Etc etc etc
And of course every insurance company and big hospital system will tie up the legislation in courts for decades.
Ideology is not a strategy. Until there is transparency so a budget can be attempted , and the influence of the huge HC conglomerates is diminished , universal healthcare isn't achievable.