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  • SFGbob
    SFGbob Member Posts: 33,188



    I’m sure our healthcare outcomes are FAR superior to the countries behind us in this chart.

    Is that because private individuals are wasting money or because the government is wasting money?



    I love that all of the socialists like to pretend the US has a purely capitalist system when the argument is about how inefficient the current system is.

    Intervene in the market, distort the market, blame the market, call for more intervention, rinse and repeat.
    It’s the profit motive of health insurance and pharmaceuticals that are bleeding us dry. Capitalism is working folks no need to change!
    There's a not for profit healthcare system operating right now. It's called the VA and we can all see how wonderfully they provide healthcare.
  • HardlyClothed
    HardlyClothed Member Posts: 937
    SFGbob said:



    I’m sure our healthcare outcomes are FAR superior to the countries behind us in this chart.

    Is that because private individuals are wasting money or because the government is wasting money?



    I love that all of the socialists like to pretend the US has a purely capitalist system when the argument is about how inefficient the current system is.

    Intervene in the market, distort the market, blame the market, call for more intervention, rinse and repeat.
    It’s the profit motive of health insurance and pharmaceuticals that are bleeding us dry. Capitalism is working folks no need to change!
    There's a not for profit healthcare system operating right now. It's called the VA and we can all see how wonderfully they provide healthcare.
    The VA! Venezuela! Bill Ayers!
  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 115,408 Founders Club



    I’m sure our healthcare outcomes are FAR superior to the countries behind us in this chart.

    Is that because private individuals are wasting money or because the government is wasting money?



    I love that all of the socialists like to pretend the US has a purely capitalist system when the argument is about how inefficient the current system is.

    Intervene in the market, distort the market, blame the market, call for more intervention, rinse and repeat.
    It’s the profit motive of health insurance and pharmaceuticals that are bleeding us dry. Capitalism is working folks no need to change!
    What percentage of profit do you think health insurance and pharmaceuticals are making? Most of the majors are public companies so we should all probably invest in them if they are making a killing.

    What a twat.
    Awesome idea! I’m going to put the $50 I have available after I pay my $800 monthly premium into Pfizer stock next chance I get.
    Thanks Obama!

    The last "fix" fucked affordable insurance

    Can't wait for the next one!
  • HardlyClothed
    HardlyClothed Member Posts: 937
    SFGbob said:

    2001400ex said:

    2001400ex said:



    I’m sure our healthcare outcomes are FAR superior to the countries behind us in this chart.

    Is that because private individuals are wasting money or because the government is wasting money?



    I love that all of the socialists like to pretend the US has a purely capitalist system when the argument is about how inefficient the current system is.

    Intervene in the market, distort the market, blame the market, call for more intervention, rinse and repeat.
    I agree with you. But if I read that chart right. It shows that through 2007, public expenditures are less than private. No?
    *sigh* The point is that public expenditures are a Yuge part of our system. The fact that they make up around 50% of the market tells you just what a "free" market it is. A pure free market should have 0% public expenditures.

    C'mon Hondo, it's NOT hard.
    Well then what you are saying is, half the market is already government ran, is not a big stretch to make the entire system government ran.
    Yeah, the government is doing such a knock out job with their socialist utopia programs that are driving up skyrocketing spending! We should definitely increase that!

    Socialist playbook.
    Better spend hundreds of billions to fight imaginary enemies at the end of the earth. Much better use of our wealth than social programs that literally prevent people from dying!
    This is why arguing with a liberal is pointless.
    Your daily routine is arguing with liberals on an online message board so what does that say
  • 2001400ex
    2001400ex Member Posts: 29,457
    SFGbob said:



    I’m sure our healthcare outcomes are FAR superior to the countries behind us in this chart.

    Is that because private individuals are wasting money or because the government is wasting money?



    I love that all of the socialists like to pretend the US has a purely capitalist system when the argument is about how inefficient the current system is.

    Intervene in the market, distort the market, blame the market, call for more intervention, rinse and repeat.
    It’s the profit motive of health insurance and pharmaceuticals that are bleeding us dry. Capitalism is working folks no need to change!
    There's a not for profit healthcare system operating right now. It's called the VA and we can all see how wonderfully they provide healthcare.
    You do understand the difference between the VA and a single payer system right? I doubt it so I'll explain it.

    You see, a single payer system still relies on the same doctors and hospitals, which are not government ran and owned.
  • HardlyClothed
    HardlyClothed Member Posts: 937



    I’m sure our healthcare outcomes are FAR superior to the countries behind us in this chart.

    Is that because private individuals are wasting money or because the government is wasting money?



    I love that all of the socialists like to pretend the US has a purely capitalist system when the argument is about how inefficient the current system is.

    Intervene in the market, distort the market, blame the market, call for more intervention, rinse and repeat.
    It’s the profit motive of health insurance and pharmaceuticals that are bleeding us dry. Capitalism is working folks no need to change!
    What percentage of profit do you think health insurance and pharmaceuticals are making? Most of the majors are public companies so we should all probably invest in them if they are making a killing.

    What a twat.
    Awesome idea! I’m going to put the $50 I have available after I pay my $800 monthly premium into Pfizer stock next chance I get.
    Thanks Obama!

    The last "fix" fucked affordable insurance

    Can't wait for the next one!
    The shitty part of Obamacare was the exchanges that allowed the insurance and pharma vultures continued windfalls.

    The good part was medicaid expansion.
  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 115,408 Founders Club
    edited February 2019
    2001400ex said:

    SFGbob said:



    I’m sure our healthcare outcomes are FAR superior to the countries behind us in this chart.

    Is that because private individuals are wasting money or because the government is wasting money?



    I love that all of the socialists like to pretend the US has a purely capitalist system when the argument is about how inefficient the current system is.

    Intervene in the market, distort the market, blame the market, call for more intervention, rinse and repeat.
    It’s the profit motive of health insurance and pharmaceuticals that are bleeding us dry. Capitalism is working folks no need to change!
    There's a not for profit healthcare system operating right now. It's called the VA and we can all see how wonderfully they provide healthcare.
    You do understand the difference between the VA and a single payer system right? I doubt it so I'll explain it.

    You see, a single payer system still relies on the same doctors and hospitals, which are not government ran and owned.
    Only they don't get to PROFIT I assume

    Death camps for Doctors

    Work is freedom!

    Edit to point out the usual hondo bullshit. He who pays has the say. They don't have to run the hospital they just set the rates and say what is covered and what isn't

    But they aren't running it!!!!!1111!!!!!
  • SFGbob
    SFGbob Member Posts: 33,188

    JFC who the fuck is going to do anything without a profit?

    There is a big need to change

    The devil remains firmly ensconced in the details

    Get rid of government healthcare. Create medical savings accounts that people pay into just like they do with SS over the course of their entire working life and create catastrophic health insurance to cover extra ordinary expenses life cancer and heart surgery.

    Let people shop for their everyday healthcare needs just like they do with every other consumer product. Build an incentive into the system for people to save money. Treat the money accumulated in the MSA as an asset that people can pass onto their heirs when they die. Why do people spend the greatest percentage of all their healthcare cost in the last two years of their lives? Because for the most part they ain't paying for it.
  • UW_Doog_Bot
    UW_Doog_Bot Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 18,541 Founders Club



    I’m sure our healthcare outcomes are FAR superior to the countries behind us in this chart.

    Is that because private individuals are wasting money or because the government is wasting money?



    I love that all of the socialists like to pretend the US has a purely capitalist system when the argument is about how inefficient the current system is.

    Intervene in the market, distort the market, blame the market, call for more intervention, rinse and repeat.
    It’s the profit motive of health insurance and pharmaceuticals that are bleeding us dry. Capitalism is working folks no need to change!
    What percentage of profit do you think health insurance and pharmaceuticals are making? Most of the majors are public companies so we should all probably invest in them if they are making a killing.

    What a twat.
    Awesome idea! I’m going to put the $50 I have available after I pay my $800 monthly premium into Pfizer stock next chance I get.
    Why is it $800? Oh right, because of market intervention the last time.

    Socialist playbook.
  • 2001400ex
    2001400ex Member Posts: 29,457
    SFGbob said:

    JFC who the fuck is going to do anything without a profit?

    There is a big need to change

    The devil remains firmly ensconced in the details

    Get rid of government healthcare. Create medical savings accounts that people pay into just like they do with SS over the course of their entire working life and create catastrophic health insurance to cover extra ordinary expenses life cancer and heart surgery.

    Let people shop for their everyday healthcare needs just like they do with every other consumer product. Build an incentive into the system for people to save money. Treat the money accumulated in the MSA as an asset that people can pass onto their heirs when they die. Why do people spend the greatest percentage of all their healthcare cost in the last two years of their lives? Because for the most part they ain't paying for it.
    When you get cancer or a life threatening disease. Let me know how shopping works out.

    You do know there's a difference between buying a car and cancer care, right?