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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: Road Walker who wrote (1784)8/2/2007 11:04:36 AM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
Many other systems that are cheaper than ours also allow private insurance, and profit for private insurance. I think your really looking at the wrong area if your looking for massive savings. Marketing costs wouldn't be eliminated (the government markets its programs as well). Government workers don't always have lower total compensation than the equivalent private workers, and when they do have significantly lower total compensation they also tend to be less productive.

re: Additional savings could be found if the single payer rations care more than our current insurance companies, but that would be lowering cost by lowering the amount of health care provided.

There would probably be less rationing than by the profit motivated insurance companies.

I have a lot of doubt about that, but to the extent it was true it would act to increase costs.
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