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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Alex MG who wrote (41369)	3/9/2017 4:31:43 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

“Who takes less ?” I think that's the wrong question. He's looking at this as zero sum and it isn't. That's a common mental block. This will be single payer (yes i know its a dirty phrase in this country) for chronic physical or mental illness and for any life threatening injury. That's a pretty klugy presentation but it looks like what he's talking about is a variation ongovernment-funded high-risk pools. That's similar in principle to what we have now in the tax system where medical costs over a certain amount are tax deductible. We've discussed similar ideas on this thread before, way back when. He would make the deduction a credit and base it not on costs but on type of treatment. Insurance companies or individuals handle the small stuff and the government underwrites the big stuff. I think the idea is worth further examination.