ACA Repeal/Replace: Progressives Face Moral Dilemma

[Kinser79]

(08-13-2017, 06:44 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:

(08-13-2017, 04:56 PM)Kinser79 Wrote: Truth is there are four main models, the US needs to pick one.  Or failing that on a national level, we should let the states pick one--but they would have to pick one.

Good short answer.  Alas, too many people are profiting off the current kluge.

I might have a fifth model.  In my grandfather's time, on the rare occasion someone was sick that he couldn't do out of pocket, he would go to the guy doing lone sharking, alcohol smuggling, the numbers racket and similar stuff.  Mafiacare?  I think the guy running the old depression era local speakeasy had a better reputation than either the modern government or insurance companies.

Taking out a loan from someone of that nature would still fall under Out-of-pocket.  I imagine that, at least, some of the "black money" problem in India may be going to medical practitioners.