By the way, I just got the memo that we need to call it Medicare for All. It’s a good idea. The level of delusion in the US of A has reached psychotic proportions, and it’s important not to trigger hallucinations. People know how Medicare works, and it’s not too scary. You go to the doctor. Your bills get paid.

And the thing that is so absolutely screamingly ga-ga to me is that we could provide health CARE (not just insurance) to EVERYONE at HALF the cost. I’m not surprised the insurance industry is going bonkers about that, since the savings come out of their hide, but what is up with the loonies shrieking for a bad deal? o_O

The single payer solution is anathema to “private insurance companies” because their parasitic function in the healthcare equation would be eliminated!Taves would actually FUND public healthcare for ALL citizens. Imagine THAT! How terrible!

The latest proposal I’ve heard is nothing but a government-sponsored way to hand over even more money to insurance companies.

OTOH I do not like either of the proposed systems, certainly mot as much as the present one. And when I see “Private Delivery” as the heading of the chart I immediately see egregious slanting. Medicare and Medicaid (and various more “local” State systems) are supposed to work this way, in that medical personnel/facilities are not formally part of the government[s]. But much like non-government plans they must follow rules from these fund-providers, but government is far slower (often by decades) to update the rules – and even slower to update compensation when costs change.

Mind you, I am covered by Medicare and Medicaid myself, and at under $18k/annum income am grateful for it. But when I look at the plans and administration thereof in other countries I fear more government intervention.