MFA / Something Close

Yes, because the quality of healthcare would decline. High end providers would pull out of the system and go cash-only

I would rather have good health care.

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Yes, because the quality of healthcare would decline. High end providers would pull out of the system and go cash-only

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Fair point I guess, but who are these high-end providers who won’t participate with 95-98% of the insured population?

I would still be against it, for 2 reasons

1) I would be worried about the quality of the HC system. Even if costs go down, I wouldn’t want to see increased wait times, reduction in innovation, or narrowing of types of care available


2) The deadweight loss associated with the massive increase in income taxes and payroll taxes needed to fund the program would be quite bad for the economy

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Free market and health care don’t mix. We have a few market now, how’s that working?

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Just fine for me.

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My political leanings aren’t in question here, and even I’m not admittedly fully on board at this point.

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I am sure you are not the only self-described liberal, possibly one with a decent job that has employer-provided health insurance, who are not entirely onboard with the gov't takeover of health insurance. So that's another reason libs are freaking out over 2020.

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However, let’s just give the benefit of the doubt for a moment...what if this program ended up costing you less than your own plan. Meaning, your bottom line at the end of the month, you paid out overall (taxes and premiums) less and had more money in your pocket.

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It will ultimately bite everybody in the arse. You'll get crappy treatment, long wait times for appointments, wind up having to buy supplemental insurance that may partially cover urgent treatment by physicians who refuse to accept MFA and that, in the end, you will end up having to come out of pocket to make up the difference.

Plus, the money is being run through the Swamp and we know how the good the critters are at prudently spending our money. So, if you make a really good salary, MFA will bite you in the arse again after your taxes continue to rise, and rise again.

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Fair point I guess, but who are these high-end providers who won’t participate with 95-98% of the insured population?

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Those who figure out they make more opting out of being government providers and just taking cash. There aren’t enough physicians to service the current population as is. If enough decline to participate, MFA is DOA.

See the number of physicians not accepting Medicaid, as an example.

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Free market and health care don’t mix. We have a few market now, how’s that working?

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maybe you should learn something about what you are talking about before making such stupid comments

insurance companies are not allowed to sell policies to customers of another state unless they open an office in that state

prescription drugs are not allowed to be imported into the united states unless the have a special exemption and there are no american suppliers with an alternative supply to treat the same issues

by design, there is no free market with insurance policies and drugs in america that allows the free market to work