At least in my area, huge medical groups or insurance companies have bought nearly all primary care practices. They’ve cut costs and raised prices and it’s virtually impossible to see an MD for an acute medical condition. All procedures need to be scheduled out months now.
It reminds me of what some Canadian friends described their healthcare system being like 20 years ago. If we’re paying more and getting the same service, I’m not sure there’s much reason not to socialize healthcare now (health care, not insurance).
While getting less service, as a marketplace insurance purchaser my premiums are doubling next year. It’s still “cheap”, but that would be a significant shock for most families.
Yep, with our current system we have evolved it into a monstrous and inefficient hybrid that contains most of the downsides of a socialized system with most of the downsides of a free market system. It's utterly insane what we're doing, and there seems to be very little interest in fundamental change.
It reminds me of what some Canadian friends described their healthcare system being like 20 years ago. If we’re paying more and getting the same service, I’m not sure there’s much reason not to socialize healthcare now (health care, not insurance).
While getting less service, as a marketplace insurance purchaser my premiums are doubling next year. It’s still “cheap”, but that would be a significant shock for most families.