[Ask the Gulch] If you were tasked with designing a health care system to replace Obamacare, how would you do it? Should there even be a health care system, or should each o us be on our own? Is society as a whole be responsible for those in poverty?
Posted by preimert1 7 years, 6 months ago to Ask the Gulch
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And get government's prying eyes out of people's health decisions, which also means legalizing all drugs and treatments.
But I'd continue to have government regulate insurance to the extent of making sure insurers will be capable of paying the claims they commit to pay, and that they pay in a timely manner and don't commit fraud.
And I'd privatize both the provision and administration of Medicare and all the government-worker and government-retiree health care systems (and split them into competing parts), so that the market can reduce the bureaucracy they impose on doctors and hospitals to be comparable to what private insurers impose.
Finally, I'd enact loser-pays for all courts. That would do away with the malpractice racket that caused most of the high cost of health care before ObamaCare.
The insurance companies would be free to sell to any buyer anywhere. Agents would be able to combine coverage from any insurer or provider. And no policy would ever be locked to an employer, although group discounts might be.
Simply put, in this day of information, transparency would rule. The government's only involvement would be to prosecute criminality.
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