just look, study england, canada and other countries for that matter and you will see what we are going to get. if you think pre-existing conditions are a pain, wait until you get rationed care, orchestrated by a bureaucrat. worked for an international company who provided, among other things health insurance for canadians when they traveled and spoke with them every day and was eye-opening and tons still come to the states for treatment rather than wait six months for an mri or other test. if you are over a certain age, can be as low as 55, you don't get, qualify for certain treatments. these are just examples, we cannot afford, as a country, national healthcare and where they will cut is just not treating citizens, period. would rather have an insurance company turn me down and at least be able to get treatment if i desired than have a bureaucrat tell me i don't get the treatment at all. believe me, what is coming with this situation as it evolves will be so much worse than what we have now and most already know they do not want it but it has been forced down our throats, they do not care and they will not care, it is about power not what is right. for you nynj, if we did not have insurance, which i feel is the way to go, then people could barter with their docs instead of paying cash. a plumber, electrician, landscaper could trade services in lieu of paying cash. others, without something to trade, would negotiate with the doc based on ability to pay and work out a schedule. we need to ween the providers off all of the guaranteed monies they rake in from the ins cos and the govt. would much rather have a system free of third parties and let the individual take care of it without the govt or ins company telling us what we can have, not have or anything else and with the providers not guaranteed anything, having to deal with us and accept what we can do. would love to tell my doc am paying him with a couple jars of applebutter or will fix his toilet next time it acts up or fix his auto next time the red light comes on, certainly better than third parties telling us what we can and cannot do. heck, we might even get back to docs making house calls
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