The only way universal health insurance can work is if it is heavily regulated to prevent denials and usurious premiums. Facing that, the insurance companies will expect some sort of gov’t subsidized backup fund to prevent their losses. Another example of privatizing the gains and socializing the losses. It makes much more sense just to cut them loose.

For those that insist that single payer health care is socialism: think about how the insurance industry model is supposed to work. A large pool of people pay a little each month in premium, and when disaster strikes the victim is paid a claim from the pool of money they’ve collected. Doesn’t this remind you of something? From each according to their ability, to each according to their need? Isn’t that the communist manifesto?

Also note: the larger the pool of people participating in the insurance model, the better prepared they are to handle claims. Best of all would be one big pool… say, all taxpayers?

I am essentially uninsured and scared of injury or sickness…but the poverty caused by paying into the ’scam’ is more than enough to cause injury and sickness. My only hope is marrying a govt. employee who has good benefits. (in my case, my fiancee fits the bill! lucky me but she has to get her NY divorce still..which is another slog btw…)

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The cosmic applicability of you humor would tickle the fancy of that famous non-believer, Douglas N. Adams, I am certain; and I, meself, have just (barely) scraped myself off the floor, laughing …

Clearly, Murkans have DISCOVER(ed) how to ‘take it with them’ when they move, deservedly, on to their heavenly McMansions.

;~D