Why Should People Pay More?

Every health care system requires a patient, the company that pays for the patient, and a health care provider. Single payer simply means that there would be one payer, the government. People currently have means to get coverage by purchasing a plan from one insurance company, hopefully with coverage for all their major expenses. There isn’t always a need to buy health insurance in today’s market because the government is not always involved with Medicaid. Bernie Sanders-I,VT, in 2017, had introduced a single-payer bill in late September, with 16 Democratic co-sponsors. (Chicago Tribune)

The bill was such that copays from other insurers would become unnecessary. Although for the government, it could come to $32 trillion in ten years. Other governments have no problem paying for resident’s medical treatment so why can’t the United States join the developed world already? Private insurance in some countries like Canada has two-thirds of private supplementary insurance owned. 29 percent of healthcare spending comes from the private sector. Some people who think that having free healthcare would bankrupt the United States are crazy for even thinking this. Some people want to keep government out of healthcare and yet SSDI or SSI comes from your own money that you put into the system not necessarily people’s taxes.

The taxes thing is meant to make disabled people feel guilty. Single-payer is actually a system in which it would be similar to Medicare and what that does for people who have turned 65. SSI is already similar to Bernie’s plan of "show a card, see a doctor, and no more copays" is a dream come true for the majority of Americans who support this kind of legislation. There would also be no deductibles or fighting with companies for not paying for certain treatments. Somebody like Kenneth Thorpe, a professor of health policy and management at Emory University, put the cost at $2.4 trillion a year. (Politifact)

Despite what various people and organizations say, having one responsible party, one payer, may be more efficient than the mess we have now. In 2016, the total government cost for healthcare was $1.38 trillion. Single payer is everybody’s dream because people would no longer have to pay for insurance. Healthcare is very much a sore spot for the current administration. There are many myths about single payer but the enduring points include how the healthcare delivery system remains private. Single payer would save $150 billion on healthcare alone. With single payer, your healthcare is not dependent on your job. You do not have to be tied to an employer you dislike. (PNHP)

In the United States, there are 42 million uninsured people that cannot receive adequate healthcare. This is a staggering number of people. 325.7 million people live in the United States. Healthcare is costly. Why not let the government take over? All you paranoid Republicans who believe in minimal government as well as taking away abortion rights are probably seething when reading this article because you want to make sure people pay for healthcare until they die from lack of adequate healthcare. This is what some people with dark agendas want. Yes, there are some dark people in the higher echelons of our government that want healthcare to stay the way it is. They pay a lot in setting up a propaganda machine that fools both Democrats and Republicans. Yes, Republicans, on the other hand, are foolish about healthcare in general. You guys have been blocking everybody else (as I’m independent) with your anti-healthcare nonsense. People would be wealthier if healthcare came from the government. No more wishy-washy ifs, ands, or buts.

Works Cited:

Chicago Tribune

Politifact