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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: Alighieri who wrote (13637)3/1/2010 8:17:39 PM
From: TimF1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) of 42652
 
Increased competition in insurance (to the extent lack of competition actually is a serious problem) would indirectly put downward pressure on medical costs, as insurance companies work slightly harder to reduce their payouts, and would also put greater pressure on medical insurance overhead/costs and thus prices.

I think your right that it will only have a marginal effect on overall medical spending. But if you think that is true why do you want the government to take over health care insurance? Even if its true that the government is good at wringing out these types of costs (and I don't think it is, at least without losing quality and responsiveness), they only represent a fraction of the total care and insurance bundle.

Both Obamacare, and "Allow interstate sales of insurance" act on the insurance companies, not the medical care providers. If you think the key is medical care providers, what would you do about them? (Other than hoping for pressure on the insurance companies to be passed along to providers)
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