Thursday, March 10, 2011

How is mandated health insurance a stepping stone for universal health care?

Doesn't it just make the HMO's/insurance companies more powerful (which will make them more influential)? Won't it just be like mandated car insurance--but much more expensive?
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I don't know but I will take a guess. Maybe the thinking is because of the federal mandate to buy insurance which might be subsidized by the government or you get tax credits for that will turn into a universal health care plan due to government control? But it is still the private sector that controls the insurance business. There will always be people who cannot afford insurance and need government help but our whole health care system except for the VA, is privately run so I don't reall know. We will never have a national health service here. Americans don't want it. I think those people are paranoid and maybe they have a fear of Medicaid expanding.
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