Vky97 Wrote:
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> More political bullshit of Ds and Rs. Debate the
> issues, use your brains, think for yourselves.
>
> Here is the link the article touts as evidence of
> price drops:
>
https://www.cms.gov/sites/drupal/files/2018-10/10-
> 11-18%20Average%20Monthly%20Premiums%20for%20SLCSP
> %20and%20LCP%202016-2019_0.pdf
>
> Does that look like price stabilization? It does
> not to me.
>
> Some rates are decreasing because states are
> backstopping the insurance companies
>
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2018/
> 07/29/scott-walker-gets-ok-200-million-plan-lower-
> obamacare-costs/859014002/
>
> Monopolies are a cost driver.
>
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-obamacare-effect-
> hospital-monopolies-1429480447
>
http://thefederalist.com/2018/09/28/hospital-monop
> olies-whats-wrong-american-health-care/
>
https://khn.org/news/government-protected-monopoli
> es-drive-drug-prices-higher-study-says/or
>
> Single payer will exacerbate, not solve, this
> problem. It will result in lower quality, fewer
> choices, less innovation. Politicians will keep
> their grubby hands in the pie, demanding stupid
> costly stuff like everyone needs this new
> inoculation somebody's cousin invented, while
> saying many life-saving scans for brain injuries
> are unnecessary.
>
> Oh, wait, that already happened.
>
> I think government should fund free clinics for
> the poor and have government subsidized private
> insurance cover only major, non-routine care.
>
> The government should not completely take over 20%
> of the economy for crying out loud.
That's stupid.