The US system with insurance companies as the middle man is an out-dated business
model. They do nothing for health other than adding administrative costs, which includes executive pay such as United Heathcare's CEO $50M million salary. A real universal health care system has to happen sooner or later.
Originally Posted by Seeker
True statement. Bill and Hillary Clinton tried to get a Universal heath care system into law when B. Clinton was president. The only way a true Universal system will get put into law is you would have to have a Democratic president, and democrats controlling both houses of congress with numbers large enough to block a filibuster. That is very difficult to obtain. Getting past the filibuster is the key. It is not easy to do, that is why Bills that congress ends up passing have a lot of pork. (Will put this in if you vote for it). Obamacare is designed to insure the 30 million Americans who don't have insurance. If you work at Microsoft and get your insurance from them today, you will get it from them tomorrow. Only the people who are uninsured will be going to the government exchanges that are being set up as we speak. The only thing that is in enforce right now is that if you are 26 and younger you can get on your parents policy and remain there until you turn age 27. The CBO (congressional budget office) predicts that 30 million americans will be going to the government exchanges to obtain insurance. This will result in about 95% of the USA population being covered with health insurance. This means that uninsured people will not have to sneak into the emergency room to get treated and then the hospital passes those charges on to their paying customers.