My employer pays me a salary and on top of that they pay for my health insurance as a benefit.
Well, lucky you. The places I worked have all required me to pay a portion of the insurance premiums.
Going to the single payer system above would take money out of my pocket and save my employer the cost of insurance premiums. No thanks.
Oh, I didn't realize. The rest of us should just continue being fucked over so we don't rock the boat for you. Right now for profit insurance is doing a shitty job for most of us and it is far more expensive than it needs to be so the top executive can make billions for which they pay little or no tax.
That is how Medicare is right now, the individual pays about $100 a month (out of their Social Security check).
Medicare also requires supplemental insurance.
Yes, I am aware of that. I pay $100 a month for medicare that covers about 80% of my medical costs. The Bush administration pushed through the medicare bill that was written by the insurance and pharmaceutical companies so they could get a piece of the action. The other 20% of my medical bills cost me $600 a month plus there are co-pays and deductibles.
Medicare has a 3% overhead, insurance companies have a 50-60% overhead.
So why would you want them in charge of your healthcare?
I don't want Congress in charge I want Medicare in charge. They do a great job compared to private insurance.
I don't know about you, but I have been dealing with private sector billing and insurance fuck ups constantly for the past decade.
I'd expect it to be worse with the government...
How flawless is the Medicare billing?
Well, you would be wrong. I have never had an error on the Medicare side of things.
More and more of our government is being sabotaged and privatized and as the saying goes, "You ain't seen nothing yet!"
And yet, you
still want them in charge of your healthcare?
I guess I should have been clearer. I want the assholes in Congress to stop sabotaging the government and start actually doing their job to make it better.
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