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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: neolib who wrote (214473)1/24/2007 5:09:36 PM
From: Katelew  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
The uninsured may not spend as much on their healthcare as the insured, but when they become injured or truly sick they get treatment, oftentimes at emergency rooms. So insuring the uninsured might not increase total usage as much as you think.

Also the insured are now greatly subsidizing the uninsured. With a universal single payer system, everyone pays in. Most of the uninsured can afford some amount of premium...even more so if the coverage is only for catastropic illnesses.

As for 'wealth transfer', in theory, every change in the tax code would constitute a transfer of wealth from one group to another. Deficit spending by a government negates that.
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