Most people do not understand what a single payer system is really.
It is still insurance but one insurance for everyone. It is a basic
insurance that covers each person. You buy it from the
provider. Everyone pays the same rate, no matter what.
If you fall below income guidelines (like we have now for medicaid
etc.) you pay a lower premium or you are covered by the
government. (Like we do now)
Doctors still get paid like they do now, but they negotiate with one
entity and have one set rate, not a multitude.
Want more coverage you go to an outside company and buy a supplemental policy.
The biggest difference is that no one ever looses their insurance due
to illness, job change or job loss, or catastrophic event in their life.
You change companies you still have the same policy, you move cross
country you still have the same policy. No huge amount of paperwork,
no waiting periods no pre existing condition clause.
HOWEVER it is still insurance, and you still pay for it and the
doctor still has to preform real work to get paid.
OH the real benefit? Companies know that no matter how big or small
they are they can off to pay the insurance premium for their worker
if they so choose. Or they can help buy a supplemental also.
But there is never a question of can they or can't they. It is
available to everyone no matter what. (No more ratings, no more
single versus family etc.)
Stewart
At 12:53 PM 9/7/2009, you wrote:
More misinformation. The single payer plan Obama supported was for
Illinios, not nationwide--had nothing directly to do with current
propose legislation other than it's something he likes, not a plan
he's pushing federally. The disinformation is too effective in
getting too many uninformed people to think they want the [corporate]
worst plan instead of favoring one that will work best for them.
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
mailto:[email protected]
Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org
Ozark, AL SL 82
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