r/FluentInFinance • u/The-Lucky-Investor • 11d ago

“Medicare for All” would save the U.S $5.1 Trillion over 10 years Discussion/ Debate

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/11/30/easy-pay-something-costs-less-new-study-shows-medicare-all-would-save-us-51-trillion
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u/Leftieswillrule 11d ago

Tied-house laws like they have for alcohol?

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u/ElChuloPicante 11d ago

Not a bad comparison, actually, although it also helps keep the providers from defrauding payers in this case. “Hey, me, will you please perform this completely unnecessary and exorbitantly expensive procedure?” “Sure thing, me, I’d be happy to!”

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u/babybambam 11d ago

There are already laws in place about this. It's also not that they can't, it's that they can't refer you without also notifying you that they have a financial interest.

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u/AllTheyEatIsLettuce 11d ago

Cool. Do insurance sellers next. They "refer" their customers to the "networks" they alone create out of corralled and gatekept health care vendors, to the pharmacy they own and operate, that's stocked by the "PBM" they own and operate. Even they know vertical integration is the only way to ensure their survival.

But you, you just need more better retail point of sale payment processing product initialisms that run on nothing more than tax avoidance/deferment and the intentional defunding of Social Security and Medicare. No worries, though. The insurance seller owns the "benefits solution" that operates that payment processing product as well as the "bank" that's holding your funds.

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u/fiduciary420 10d ago

Americans genuinely don’t hate the rich people nearly enough for their own good.