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Adogslife · 61-69, M
Conceptually it’s not an issue. However, government program tends to inflate the cost beyond that provided by the free market.
Also, conservatives would love everyone to have medical care, but who is going to pay that burden? Who pays for part time employees? Where does a small mom and pop shop get the money to pay for the health care cost(s) of their staff?
Put it in a similar category as forgiving college loans. It’s a nice concept, but it’s an unfair burden placed on the middle class. They’re the ones that are going to pay for the lion’s share of the costs - directly or indirectly.
Also, conservatives would love everyone to have medical care, but who is going to pay that burden? Who pays for part time employees? Where does a small mom and pop shop get the money to pay for the health care cost(s) of their staff?
Put it in a similar category as forgiving college loans. It’s a nice concept, but it’s an unfair burden placed on the middle class. They’re the ones that are going to pay for the lion’s share of the costs - directly or indirectly.
dancingtongue · 80-89, M
@Adogslife Actually, evidence shows that the American so-called "free market" system is far more costly than single payer systems in other industrialized countries while their systems cover everyone and provide better morbidity and mortality outcomes. It is the fee-for-service piece-meal pricing of health care that encourages over-charging and milking of the system, the advertising/marketing/bureaucracy of competing health insurers and providers, and the fact that huge percentages of the population go without insurance and refuse to seek early health care, waiting until more expensive life-saving services are required that drives up costs.
As for who pays, it already is on the middle class. Those who do not have private insurance coverage through their employers wind up being covered by Medicaid and county hospital ERs, both coming out of public taxes that fall disproportionally on the middle class.
As for who pays, it already is on the middle class. Those who do not have private insurance coverage through their employers wind up being covered by Medicaid and county hospital ERs, both coming out of public taxes that fall disproportionally on the middle class.