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Colorado May Replace Obamacare with Single Payer
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<blockquote data-quote="Wheel Gun" data-source="post: 2874385" data-attributes="member: 19286"><p>See, here's why single payer state plans will always struggle. At the federal level, socialized medicine can hide its true costs. Governments can print money and pay for it in many sneaky ways. They can always make it look cheaper than it really is, just by backdoor funding. States, on the other hand, can't do that easily. They can't print money. They'll have to find actual money somehow to pay for it. </p><p></p><p>Oh, and it will be much more expensive than now. When you put all people in one big pool, it is no longer "insurance". It's just healthcare financing. There are many public interest groups out there that are getting their "causes" included in the benefit packages (i.e., hospice, mental healthcare, elective procedures, etc.). When government agencies try to limit costs or exclude expensive procedures/drugs, public advocacy groups sue and judges always rule against the agency. So, costs climb and climb. Sure, it's fun to blame big pharma and big business, but the real costs come through advocates and courtrooms.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wheel Gun, post: 2874385, member: 19286"] See, here's why single payer state plans will always struggle. At the federal level, socialized medicine can hide its true costs. Governments can print money and pay for it in many sneaky ways. They can always make it look cheaper than it really is, just by backdoor funding. States, on the other hand, can't do that easily. They can't print money. They'll have to find actual money somehow to pay for it. Oh, and it will be much more expensive than now. When you put all people in one big pool, it is no longer "insurance". It's just healthcare financing. There are many public interest groups out there that are getting their "causes" included in the benefit packages (i.e., hospice, mental healthcare, elective procedures, etc.). When government agencies try to limit costs or exclude expensive procedures/drugs, public advocacy groups sue and judges always rule against the agency. So, costs climb and climb. Sure, it's fun to blame big pharma and big business, but the real costs come through advocates and courtrooms. [/QUOTE]
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