On 03/02/2017 12:17 AM, #$%&#$ %&#$%&#$ wrote:
Ann Coulter: How to Provide Universal Health Care Using This One Easy Trick http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/01/ann-coulter-provide-unive...
The "free market" is what is wrong with "health care" in the US. For-profit hospitals have to make money, so they charge outrageous prices. For-profit "health insurance" companies want to make money, so they negotiate the best deals with hospitals. If you don't have health insurance, you don't get the rate charged to the insurance companies, you get a much higher rate. There is no limit to what a for-profit hospital can charge, especially for ER (what we call A&E) visits. I am not the first to say this: the US has among the best medical care in the world, if you can afford it. And the last five words in that statement are the problem. The ACA (Obamacare) wasn't perfect, but it was the first step towards fixing a broken system: 80% of premiums had to go towards paying for care, and pre-existing condition exclusions were no longer allowed (since if you look hard enough, almost everyone has a pre-existing condition somewhere). If Mitt Romney was elected and they called it Romneycare, the Republicans would praise it and praise Mittens like he was the greatest president since George Washington. Is it any coincidence that they didn't? (Hint: look at pictures of Mittens and Obama.) -- Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn@rushpost.com> http://www.rantroulette.com http://www.skqrecordquest.com