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Yes, it is. It is the compassionate conservatism of Bush the elder.

Nobody can honestly deny there is a healthcare crisis in this country. A huge proportion of our population is either uninsured or under-insured. How can that situation exist in the arguably richest country in the world?

The healthcare industry has become the cash cow of the rapacious mega-corporation monopoly. The richest corporations in America are not, as is commonly assumed, the banks. The richest corporations are the insurance companies.

Our healthcare system is broken. Obamacare was not the answer. All Obamacare did was force people to buy over-priced insurance policies from those same mega-corps, and fine the people who couldn't afford the huge premiums.

We need a multifaceted approach to fixing the problem.

1. Allow insurance companies to sell medical policies across state lines to increase competition. (The restriction was passed due to insurance companies lobbying congress to limit that competition so insurance companies could have a "captive" population that had to deal only with certain companies.)

2. Provide a single-payer system for those who do not wish to partake of the above or cannot afford the above.

3. Roll the VA, Medicare, Medicaid, and other government systems into a single payer system.

4. Limit the percentage of expenditures on administration. Keep the lion's share of expenditures on medical personnel, not administrators.

5. Means test the single payer system, charging those who can afford to pay co-pays and percentages (#2 above who wish not to buy private insurance).

I have gotten all my health care from the VA, a single payer system, for the past 17 years. I have received excellent care at minimal cost. (My income in sufficient that I pay co-pays, but those are deducted from my monthly military disability payment so I don't actually pay anything. But I am a disabled vet with a service connected disability so the rules are a little different for me.)

Our attitude ought to be that of the Good Samaritan. We help those who cannot help themselves. And we don't complain about the cost. We can't serve God and mammon!

 

Anyone who wasn't worse than she is. (Which is just about every person who was running on any ticket from any party.)

 

1. You don't know that. It is merely your fantasy. 2. The ability to sell across state lines would not be affected by government's approval of higher rates. The market place would regulate the rate. That is what happens when there is free competition.

As most of the people who are employed and enjoy healthcare coverage as part of their compensation package (most gainfully employed people, the majority) the insurance companies would continue to be profitable. Just not to the level of extortion.

No, I am in favor of helping those who cannot help themselves. If you like paying huge premiums for your health care please, feel free to continue. But don't sacrifice the poor on your altar of entitlement.

I never mentioned any such thing, but it is clear you have to make up untruths in order to counter my suggestions.

What do you suggest to solve the healthcare crisis in this country? At least I have offered a suggestion. What have you offered?

Once again you make things up. Shame on you.

In case you failed to notice, in this country WE are the government. Did the school you attended not teach anything about American history? Here, a little reminder, "That government of the people, and by the people, and for the people should not perish from the earth." There, remember now?

We, collectively, the people, establish the fund that pays for those who cannot afford to pay.

Your greed is showing. That seems to be your only objection. You don't want to exercise Christian charity. You don't want to love your neighbor. You want to worship mammon.

Classic Christian love for his neighbor. Try it some time. You may find out you like it.