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Originally Posted by formerroadie
It would actually make medicare solvent and in the black while the rest of us would get lower health care costs due to a larger pool of people being able to negotiate price. It's a misgnomer that the government has done such a poor job. My grandparents are (were) on medicare and they got great care.
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Originally Posted by formerroadie
Yes, part of the plan is to make price uniform. This is one of the huge problems with the system. It's also another reason why states should not run this individually.
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Ok I've stayed out of this because there really is no point arguing about it at MR. This one caught my eye though. You can't argue that single payer will allow a better position to negotiate price and turn around and say that part of the plan is to mandate prices. That isn't negotiation, the healthcare providers will either accept what they are offered or quit providing healthcare. There isn't any other choice.
To the folks from outside the U.S. who wonder about the furor, the reason that this causes such an uproar here has been mentioned in another thread. Taking control of healthcare is seen as a huge step inside of what many consider personal boundaries that government no matter how well intentioned has no business being involved in. I've seen the long list of other socialized programs that we have no problem with, thats not entirely true at least some of us do have problems with them. We see the slow creep of government control into every part of our lives and we have serious reservations about where it will end. Healthcare is just a flashpoint that tends to set enough people off that it is finally noticeable.