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Old Wed, Nov-07-18, 11:01
BeachDonna BeachDonna is offline
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Grrrrr, this is exactly why giving large gov't entities control over healthcare (i.e. expecting large gov't entities to pay for healthcare) is a bad idea.
It creates two issues:
1. The individual has no inclination to reduce costs because (they think) they aren't paying. "My Type 2 diabetes isn't a big deal. I just take a pill and it's covered. Besides that, surely my doctor would tell me if there was a better way."
2. Since the large gov't entity is paying and since the gov't entity can't afford to provide healthcare to the large numbers of people who think as above they must begin to dictate decisions around healthcare with an eye towards money NOT towards actually providing good healthcare. This control will include taxes, non-payment for care that is not in line with their dictates, large amounts of bureaucratic blah blah to go thru to receive care, etc.
In this case, the people spouting this drivel also think they're saving the planet. Grrrrr.
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