Why does Government even have to be in health care?

It's about more control

Why not go pure free market? Get the government all the way out of it and get rid of the tax breaks for employers and employees who pay premiums, and let the marketplace really rule.

The insurers have shown they are good people who can be trusted to provide good coverage for a reasonable price without government telling them what to do.

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Why not let the free market work? If they would just repel Obamacare and let insurance companies compete across state lines, it seems like prices would drop without Uncle Sam's interfering too much.


Free loaders that want insurance might have to get a gasp...job

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You ever heard of lifetime medical costs limit? Pre-existing conditions? Getting screwed financially for life because me or my child decided to have a permanent disability? Getting charged extra for daring to be pregnant?

Because Washington wants more of your money so that they can buy the votes of people with no money.

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The insurers have shown they are good people who can be trusted to provide good coverage for a reasonable price without government telling them what to do.

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Because the so called free market does not function in health and auto insurance. Minimum policy provisions and requirements of coverage must be legislated or they would not exist for most people, increasing the burden and risk to everyone.

We are literally moving closer to a more globalist society. The recent elections and inactions of our politicians are proof of this.

They want all the major countries to become legally and ideologically parallel. The final step is a world government organization.

I am not trying to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but this is the inevitable reality unless there is a nationalist pushback. Unfortunately, they are being outnumbered and influenced by social policies themselves.

Certain leaders like Trump are attempts to stop this, but the truth is that many Americans do not believe in the original principles the country was founded on or see them as beyond approach.

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Why not go pure free market?

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if you could do that maybe it would work, but as it stands the health care industry does not resemble a free market in any way, shape, or form regardless of government involvement. And i'm not sure it can. When you need a hip replacement, you NEED a hip replacement. It's not like buying a TV. The leverage swings wildly in favor of the person selling the hip replacement and that can create a lot of problems if all the sellers in an area price collude.

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The insurers have shown they are good people who can be trusted to provide good coverage for a reasonable price without government telling them what to do.

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When you need a hip replacement, you NEED a hip replacement. It's not like buying a TV. The leverage swings wildly in favor of the person selling the hip replacement and that can create a lot of problems if all the sellers in an area price collude.

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that doesn't take it outside of the concepts of the free market

other than insurance, saving for negative externalities is an option

the problem is, as with many arguments against the free market, that people would rather not plan ahead, knowing they can rely on government action if their decision turns out poorly. think banks that need bailouts

there is almost nothing that government provides as a safety net that you can't buy on the private market. you just have to plan ahead